Definition of tetragrammaton Tetragrammaton

Tet•ra•gram•ma•ton

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What does tetragrammaton mean?

Noun
tetragrammaton - 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

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tetragrammaton (Noun)
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.

tetragrammaton (n.)
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.