TETRAGRAMMATON

Tetragrammaton

(noun) four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh) or JHVH (Jehovah) signifying the Hebrew name for God which the Jews regarded as too holy to pronounce

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Tetragrammaton

The four Hebrew letters יהוה (in transliteration, YHWH or JHVH) used as the ineffable name of God in the Hebrew Bible, variously transliterated as Yahweh or Jehovah.

Source: Wiktionary

Tet`ra*gram"ma*ton, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Tetra-) +

Definition: The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH, Greek qeo`s, Latin deus, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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