Koine Greek: Alphabet

Synopsis: The Koine Greek alphabet consists of 24 letters. All Greek was originally written in upper case, without spaces between words, and without added punctuation, but today, most texts are are written in lower case, with punctuation and spaces between words.

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Lesson

The Koine Greek alphabet consists of 24 letters. All Greek was originally written in upper case, without spaces between words, and without added punctuation, but today, most texts are are written in lower case, with punctuation and spaces between words.

Alphabet

Below is a table showing the letters.

Letter name	Lower Case	Upper Case	Transliteration	Pronunciation
alpha	α	Α	a	father
beta	β	Β	b	beta
gamma	γ	Γ	g	gamma
delta	δ	Δ	d	delta
epsilon	ε	Ε	e	epsilon
zêta	ζ	Ζ	z	zêta
êta	η	Η	ê or ē	obey
thêta	θ	Θ	th	thêta
iota	ι	Ι	i
kappa	κ	Κ	k	kappa
lambda	λ	Λ	l or L	lambda
mu	μ	Μ	m	mu
nu	ν	Ν	n	nu
xi	ξ	Ξ	ks	axiom
omicron	ο	Ο	o	omicron
pi	π	Π	p	pi
rho	ρ	Ρ	r	rho
sigma	σ / ς	Σ	s	sigma
tau	τ	Τ	t	tau
upsilon	υ	Υ	u sometimes y	oops
phi	φ	Φ	ph	father
chi	χ	Χ	ch
psi	ψ	Ψ	ps
omega	ω	Ω	ô or ō	obey

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