Greek Helps

Alphabet

The Greek letters have consistent sounds – not like English, where a letter in different words or even different parts of the same word can be pronounced differently, such as “evert.”

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N=number; L=letter; T=transliterated; Named=what it is called; Pronounced=how to say it.

Ν	L	Named	T	Pronounced
1	α Α	alpha	a	fa la la
2	β Β	beta	b	be
3	γ Γ	gamma	g	go
4	δ Δ	delta	d	do
5	ε Ε	epsilon	e	end
6	ζ Ζ	zeta	z	zip
7	η Η	eta	ē	ate
8	θ Θ	theta	th	thin
9	ι Ι	iota	i	it
10	κ Κ	kappa	k	kin
11	λ Λ	lambda	l	lamb
12	μ Μ	mu	m	moo
13	ν Ν	nu	n	no
14	ξ Ξ	xi	x	fix
15	ο Ο	omicron	o	on
16	π Π	pi	p	pea
17	ρ Ρ	rho	r	row
18	σ [ς] Σ	sigma	s	see
19	τ Τ	tau	t	tow
20	υ Υ	upsilon	u	kip
21	φ Φ	phi	ph	fine
22	χ Χ	chi	ch	cry
23	ψ Ψ	psi	ps	nips
24	ω Ω	omega	ō	oh

Vocabulary

Greek Vocabulary Builder Database – For MS Access 2000 or later