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Webster 1913 Edition
Tetragrammaton
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Tetˊra-gram′ma-ton
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
τέτρα-
(see Tetra-
) + [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.