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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK];

τέτρα-

(see

) + [GREEK] 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

θεός

, Latin

deus

, etc.

See also: tetragrammaton

Tetragrammaton written in Phoenician, Aramaic, and Hebrew scripts.

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.

the four Hebrew letters יהוה used as the ineffable name of God

Chinese:
Mandarin: (no transliteration exists; instead use "Jehovah") 耶和華 (zh), 耶和华 (zh) ‎(Yēhéhuá), 四字母詞, 四字母词 ‎(sìzìmǔcí)
Finnish: tetragrammi
French: tétragramme (fr) m
German: Tetragramm n, Tetragrammaton n
Greek: τετραγράμματο (el) n ‎(tetragrámmato)
Ancient: τετραγράμματον n ‎(tetragrámmaton)
Hebrew: השם המפורש m ‎(ha-shem ha-meforash) (literally 'the explicit name')