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tetragrammaton


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tetragrammaton  \Tet`ra*gram"ma*ton\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?;  te`tra- 
  (see  {Tetra-})  +  ?  a  letter.] 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Tetragrammaton 
  n  :  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)  [syn: 
  {Tetragrammaton}] 




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