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 Tetragrammaton - definition of Tetragrammaton in Encyclopedia
The Tetragrammaton (Greek: τετραγράμματον word with four letters) is the Hebrew name for God, which is spelled (in Hebrew); yod י heh &; vav &; heh &; (YHVH), it is the distinctive personal name of the God of Israel.
In Judaism, the Tetragrammaton is the ineffable name of God, and is not pronounced.
Of all the names of God in the Old Testament, that which occurs most frequently is the Tetragrammaton, appearing 6,823 times according to the JewishEncyclopedia.com (http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=52andamp;letter=N).
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 Search The Llewellyn Encyclopedia: Tetragrammaton
Tetragrammaton: The Holy Ineffable Name of God, YHVH, Yahweh, Jehovah, etc.; the Name of Four Letters.
http://www.llewellynencyclopedia.com/term/Tetragrammaton   (60 words)

  
 FYI: TETRAGRAMMATON - Jewish Encyclopedia
The cures, or the exorcisms, of demons in the name of Jesus which are mentioned in the New Testament and the Talmud {see Exorcism} imply that Jesus was regarded as a god and that his name was considered as efficacious as the Tetragrammaton itself, for which it was even substituted.
In the earliest manuscripts of the Septuagint the Tetragrammaton was given in Hebrew letters, which in Greek circles were suppose to be Greek and were read ----{don't have the Greek font for these letters} {Field, "Origenis Hexaplorum Quae Supersunt," i.
With the Tetragrammaton must be included the names of G-d formed of twelve, forty-two, and seventy-two letters respectively, which are important factors in Jewish mysticism {Kid.
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