Greek Alphabet

Question 0

What is the second letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?

Answer 0

Beta “β” and to our letter B

Question 1

What is the first letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?

Answer 1

Alpha “α” and to our letter A

Question 2

What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?

Answer 2

Gamma “γ” and to our letter G (also to our letter C the 3rd letter in our alphabet which arose from gamma and g)

Question 3

What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?

Answer 3

Delta “δ” and to our letter D

Question 4

What is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?

Answer 4

Epsilon “ε” and to our letter E

Question 5

What are the first five familiar letters of the Greek alphabet?

Answer 5

Alpha beta gamma delta epsilon

Question 6

In modern Greek what do the letters beta gamma and delta sound like when pronounced?

Answer 6

Beta can be pronounced with a “v” sound like the word valley
Gamma can be pronounced either withe a garbled “g” sound like gha sound or a “y” sound like in the word yes
Delta can be pronounced like a “th” sound like in the word this

Question 7

What are the academic pronunciations for the first five Greek letters?

Answer 7

Alpha like the "a" in the word father
Beta like the "b" in the word boat
Gamma like the "g" in the word goat
Delta like the "d" in the word door
Epsilon like the "e" in the word jet

Question 8

How many total vowels are there in the Greek alphabet?

Answer 8

7

Question 9

What are the first 3 unfamiliar letters in the Greek alphabet?

Answer 9

Zeta
Eta
Theta

Question 10

What is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?
What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 10

Zeta “ζ” and to our letter Z
Sounds like the letter Z in the word zoo for the academic and modern pronunciation or the “ds” sound in the word ads for the academic pronunciation

Question 11

What is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?
What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 11

Eta “η” and to our e with the line above it

Sounds like the “ea” in the word break for the academic and the “I” in the word police for the modern pronunciation

Question 12

What is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?
What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 12

Theta “θ” and to our letters “th”

Sounds like the “th” sound in the word thing for both academic and modern pronunciation

Question 13

What is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?
What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 13

Iota “ι” and to our letter I
Sounds like the “I” in the police for both academic and modern but can also sound like the “I” in the the word sit for academic pronunciation

Question 14

What is the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?
What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 14

Kappa “κ” and to our letter K

Sounds like the “k” in the word kitchen for both academic and modern pronunciation

Question 15

What is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?
What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 15

Lambda “λ” and to our letter L

Sounds like the L in the word lion for both academic and modern pronunciation

Question 16

What is the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?
What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 16

Mu “μ” and to our letter M

Sounds like the M in the word mother for both academic and modern pronunciation

Question 17

What is the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?
What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 17

Nu “ν” and to our letter N

Sounds like the N in the word noon for both academic and modern pronunciation

Question 18

What are the next five familiar letters of the Greek alphabet?

Answer 18

Iota
Kappa
Lambda
Mu
Nu

Question 19

What is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?
What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 19

Xi “ξ” and to our letter X

Sounds like the letter X in the word axis for both academic and modern pronunciation

Question 20

Is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet Xi considered familiar or unfamiliar?

Answer 20

Unfamiliar

Question 21

What is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?
What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 21

Omicron “ο” and to our letter O

Sounds like the letter O in the word obey for both academic and modern pronunciation

Question 22

What is the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?
What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 22

Pi “π” and to our letter P

Sounds like the letter P in the word pitch for both academic and modern pronunciation

Question 23

What is the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English?
What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 23

Rho “ρ” and to our letter R
Sounds like the letter R in the word rope for academic pronunciation but can also sound rolled or thrilled like an rrrr in the modern pronunciation

Question 24

What is the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English? What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 24

Sigma "σ" and to our letter S Sounds like the letter S in the word sink for both academic and modern pronunciation but it can also sound like an "sh" to us when we hear it in modern Greek and can also be pronounced as the letter Z sound from the word zoo in modern Greek In the written Greek language sigma can have 2 symbols one uses for its placement at the beginning of a word or in the word and then a different symbol if placed at the end of the word

Question 25

What is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English? What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 25

Tau "τ" and to our letter T | Sounds like the T in the word teach in both academic and modern pronunciation

Question 26

What is the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English? What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 26

Upsilon "υ" and to our letter U if it is written next to a vowel or our letter Y if it is not Sounds like the letter U in the word flute for academic pronunciation and like the letter I in police in modern pronunciation

Question 27

What are the last 6 familiar letters of the Greek alphabet?

Answer 27

``` Omicron Pi Rho Sigma Tau Upsilon ```

Question 28

What is the last set of unfamiliar letters of the Greek alphabet?

Answer 28

Phi Chi Psi Omega

Question 29

What is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English? What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 29

Phi "φ" (fee) and to our "ph" sound | Sounds like the "ph" sound in the word Pharisee for both academic and modern pronunciation

Question 30

What is the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English? What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 30

Chi "χ" (khee) and like our "ch" hard sound pronounced as a hard Kha or like the "ich" sound in German words for both academic and modern pronunciation

Question 31

What is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English? What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 31

Psi "ψ" (psee) and our letter ps | Pronounced like the letters PS in the word clips for both academic and modern pronunciation

Question 32

What is the 24th letter of the Greek alphabet and what letter does it transliterate to in English? What are the academic and modern pronunciation if any for it?

Answer 32

Omega "ω" and to our long sound of O with the line above it | Sounds like the O in the word note for both academic and modern pronunciation

Question 33

What are the vowels of the Greek alphabet?

Answer 33

``` Α α alpha Ε ε epsilon Η η eta Ι ι iota Ο ο omicron Υ υ upsilon Ω ω omega ```

Question 34

Which letter of the Greek alphabet takes on a different form when it is the last letter of a word?

Answer 34

Sigma

Question 35

Where do you find upper case Greek letters?

Answer 35

At the beginning of: Sentences Proper names Quotations

Question 36

Which Greek capital letters correspond with our English alphabet?

Answer 36

``` Alpha A Beta B Epsilon E Zeta Z Iota I Kappa K Mu M Nu N Omicron O Tau T ```

Question 37

Which capital Greek letters don't follow along with either our English alphabet or or not similar to the lower case Greek letter counterpart?

Answer 37

``` Gamma Γ γ Delta Δ δ Eta Η η Lambda Λ λ Xi Ξ ξ Rho Ρ ρ Sigma Σ σ Upsilon Υ υ Omega Ω ω ```

Question 38

Which Greek upper case letters appear similar to their lower case counterparts?

Answer 38

``` Theta Θ θ Pi Π π Phi Φ φ Chi Χ χ Psi Ψ ψ Also Rho Ρ ρ but this can be confused with our letter P ```

Question 39

What are diphthongs?

Answer 39

2 consecutive vowels in a single syllable

Question 40

How many Koine Greek diphthongs are there and how are they pronounced?

Answer 40

There are 7: 4 end in the iota: αι ει οι υι Hellenic pronunciation is: αι sounds like eh like in our word said ει οι υι all sound like ee like in our word receive Academic or Erasmian pronunciation is: αι sounds like long i as in the word aisle ει sounds like eigh like in the word eight οι sounds like oi in the word oil υι sounds like ui as in the word suite 3 end in the upsilon: αυ ευ ου Hellenic pronunciation is: αυ sounds like and like in our word offer or like ahv like in our word ave maria think of this like our letter A pronounced with long or short dependent on whether it is before a vowel ευ sounds like ef or ev depending on the next consonant like in the words effort and ever For αυ & ευ if the next letter is a vocalized sound like with b, a, l, n, z, etc then use the vocalized v sound but if the follwing consonant is unvocalized like with t, p, s etc then the sound will be the f sound ου sounds like ou as in our word you Academic or Erasmian pronunciation is: αυ sounds like ou as in the word out or ouch ευ sounds like eu ooh as in neuter ου sounds like ou as in you

Question 41

What are improper diphthongs in Biblical Greek?

Answer 41

When a vowel has an iota subscript written under it we see it written as a small ι under the α, η, ω these don't have any effect on pronunciation

Question 42

What does the double gamma sound like when placed in a word together?

Answer 42

The γγ combination is pronounced like a ng-g but the combo is not considered a diphthong