Theological Term of the Week: Tetragrammaton
Friday, September 25, 2020 at 3:30AM
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tetragrammaton
The technical term for the four-lettered Hebrew name of God (יהוה). In English the letters are equivalent to YHWH, which is frequently rendered as Yahweh or Jehovah. In many English translations of the Bible, the all-capped LORD is used to represent the tetragrammaton.

 

Learn more:

  1. Compelling Truth: What is the tetragrammaton? What does YHWH mean?
  2. Blue Letter Bible: Yahweh (Lord, Jehovah) 
  3. Theopedia: Yahweh 
  4. John Piper: “I Am Who I Am” 
  5. Michael Marlowe: The Translation of the Tetragrammaton

 

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