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Hallelujah

{

Halˊle-lu′iah

,

Halˊle-lu′jah

}
(hălˊlē̍-lū′yȧ)
,
Noun.
& int
erj.
[Heb. See
Alleluia
.]
Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; – an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration.
Rev. xix. 1 (Rev. Ver. )
So sung they, and the empyrean rung
With
Hallelujahs
.
Milton.
In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,“any one as he walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his
hallelujahs
.”
Sharp.

Definition 2024

hallelujah

hallelujah

English

Alternative forms

Interjection

hallelujah

  1. An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.
  2. A general expression of gratitude or adoration.
    Hallelujah! It’s finally the weekend!

Translations

Noun

hallelujah ‎(plural hallelujahs)

  1. A shout of “Hallelujah”.
  2. (in the plural) General praise.

Quotations

  • So sung they, and the empyrean rung With Hallelujahs. - John Milton

Translations

Verb

hallelujah ‎(third-person singular simple present hallelujahs, present participle hallelujahing, simple past and past participle hallelujahed)

  1. (intransitive) To cry "hallelujah" in praise.

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Etymology

From Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ ‎(“Praise Jah!”).

Pronunciation

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