jahbulon

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A symbolic or ceremonial name, used as a password by Royal Arch Masons, said to be derived from the name for God in several languages, and often assumed by non-Freemasons to be a Masonic name for God

A symbolic or ceremonial name for God associated by some writers with certain Masonic rites

Etymology

() Various etymologies of this word are found; as a mystic word it may be deliberately obscure, though the first syllable is invariably given as being Hebrew יָהּ (Yah) ‘Yahweh’. Some theories often cited: * First, that it is a compound of יָהּ (Yah) ‘Yahweh’ + בּעל (bul) ‘on high, in heaven’ + אוֹן (’on) ‘strength’. Reference: The Rev’d Canon Richard Tydeman, An Address to Grand Chapter (of England), 13th November 1985. * Second, that it may have been a blend of Hebrew יָהּ (Yah) ‘Yahweh’ + זְבוּלוּן (Zəbūlūn) ‘Zebulun or Zabulon, son of Jacob’. * Third, it is explained as being a combination of Hebrew יָהּ (Yah) ‘Yahweh’ + בּעל (bul) ‘Baal’, + אוֹן (’On) ‘On’ (a city of Egypt, explained as a reference to Osiris, perhaps as a misunderstanding of Genesis 46:20).