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tetragrammaton

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Tet=ra=gram=ma=ton

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tetragrammaton has 1 sense

tetragrammaton(n = noun.communication) Array - 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; Array

is a kind of

tetragram

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CIDE DICTIONARY

tetragrammaton, 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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

tetragrammaton, n. the Hebrew name of God written in four letters, articulated as Yahweh etc.

Etymology

Gk (as TETRA-, gramma, -atos letter)

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