单词 | tetragrammaton |
释义 | Tetragrammatonn. a. A word of four letters; spec. the Hebrew word written yhwh or jhvh (vocalized as ya hwe h, ja hve h, or je ho va h); often substituted for that word (regarded as ineffable), and treated as a mysterious symbol of the name of God; sometimes used as a title of the Deity (see quot. 1689). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > a title of > personality or title of deityc1374 Tetragrammatona1400 godship1533 godhood1586 divinityship1689 deityship1694 tetragram1870 superpersonality1882 a1400–50 Alexander 1592 Þe grettest of all gods names, Þis title, Tetragramaton. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. iii. sig. Ccc.iiij/1 Among all the names of God that is the most excellent, whiche they call Tetragrammaton, that is, (if wee may so saye) the foure lettered name. 1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. Cjv Some call him mightie Tetragrammaton Of letters fower in composition. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. 61 The Tetragrammaton or adoreable Mystery of the Patriarchs. 1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 44 But the tremenduos Tetragrammaton Will not, not always be a looker on. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) I. 463 The Quaternion is the holy Tetragrammaton, the same awful name variously pronounced among the sons of men: whether Jeva, Isis, Jove, Θεος, Zeus, or Deus; or..Tien, Alla, Dios, Idio, Dieu, or Lord; for these are all Tetragrammata. 1891 T. K. Cheyne Origin & Relig. Contents Psalter vi. 300 The earliest Greek copies reproduced the Tetragrammaton. b. gen. with a and plural. A word of four letters used as a symbol. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > Christian symbols or images > [noun] > four letter word used as symbol Tetragrammaton1656 society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > others Samian letter1616 A1651 Tetragrammaton1656 arrow1744 arrowhead1832 wind1847 scarlet letter1850 sun wheel1865 sacred axe1866 rising sun1868 crow's foot1871 Easter rabbit1881 hexagram1882 sun sign1882 Easter bunny1900 Staffordshire knot1908 sinsigna1914 tectiform1921 padma1954 smiley face1957 happy face1971 lexigram1973 emoticon1988 smiley1989 1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1712) 50 In a Tetragrammaton there are five Parts, four Letters, and the Tittle Jod, from which come Nephesh, Ruach, Neschamah, Chajah, and Jachidah, five Persons of the Soul. 1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 17 Our English tongue as well as the Hebrew hath a Tetragrammaton, whereby God may be named; to wit, Good. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > [noun] Tetragrammaton1601 hierograph1835 symbol1845 1601 A. Copley Answere to Let. Iesuited Gentleman 79 They are so passing vain-glorious a Societie, that call ye it the verie Tetragrammaton of the Catholicke church. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > of title of Tetragrammatona1610 a1610 G. Babington Expos. Catholike Faith ii, in Wks. (1615) ii. 244 O name that cannot bee expressed! O name truly tetragrammaton! 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 50 The Tetragrammaton name of the Almightie. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > word or form with specific number of letters quadriliteral1650 triliteral1751 tetragrammatical1759 biliteral1791 quinqueliteral1793 uniliteral1828 monographic1953 1759 J. Yeomans Abecedarian (title page) A Discourse on the Word, or A-Tau, tetragrammatical. tetragrammaˈtonic adj. [irregularly for -atic] of or pertaining to the tetragrammaton. ΚΠ 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Tetragrammatonic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400 |
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