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What specific Greek words do the letters omicron, omega, and nu stand for in the halo of the icon of Jesus?
The best answer I've found is that the three letters stand for the Greek words "ho on," meaning "The One Who Is." This explanation seems unsatisfactory, since the horizontal line above the letters omega and nu would generally indicate that those letters are themselves abbreviations for full words--which leads me to believe that the three letters should stand for three individual words.
Got kinda the same thing you did:
On his halo, Greek letters omicron, omega, nu, spell out "HO ON." In English, this becomes "Who Am," the name used for God in Exodus 3:14.
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