Jehovah
Illustration★★★The Name, Jehovah is a name of great power and efficacy; a name that hath in it three syllables, to signify the Trinity of Persons; the eternity of God, One in Three, and Three in One. A name of such dread and reverence among the Jews, that they tremble to name it, and, therefore, they used the name Adonai, Lord, in all their devotion. Rayment.
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The name Jehovah carries such power and reverence that the Jews trembled to speak it, substituting 'Adonai' instead.
