G-d

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1 English 1.1 Proper noun 1.2 Usage notes 1.3 See also

English

Proper noun

G-d

1. A deliberately incomplete spelling of the proper noun God.

Usage notes

• G-d is used by those who believe that writing God's name in full destroys its divinity, or to advertise the writer's adherence to this belief, or to acknowledge respect for the reader's beliefs in this regard.

See also

• YHWH
• השם (lit. the name, Hebrew phrase with the same idea)