What (who) is hallelujah - definition

RELIGIOUS INTERJECTION DERIVED FROM HEBREW

Halleluyah; Halleluiah; Alleluiah; Halleluja; Hallalujah; Hallejuah; הַלְלוּיָהּ; Allelujah; Halleluliagh; By The Blood

hallelujah

interj.; (also halleluiah)

Hosanna, praise ye Jehovah.

Hallelujah

(·noun & ·interj) 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.

hallelujah

[?hal?'lu:j?]

(also alleluia)

¦ exclamation God be praised.

¦ noun an utterance of the word 'hallelujah'.

?(usu. Alleluia) a piece of music or church liturgy containing this.

Origin

OE, via eccles. L. alleluia from Gk allelouia, or directly from Heb. hallelu?yah 'praise ye the Lord'.

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Hallelujah

Hallelujah ( HAL-ə-LOO-yə; Hebrew: הללויה‎, romanized: hal'luyáh, lit. 'praise Yah') is an interjection from the Hebrew language, used as an expression of gratitude to God. The term is used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible (in the book of Psalms), twice in deuterocanonical books, and four times in the Christian Book of Revelation.

The phrase is used in Judaism as part of the Hallel prayers, and in Christian prayer, where since the earliest times it is used in various ways in liturgies, especially those of the Catholic Church, the Lutheran Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church, the three of which use the Latin form alleluia which is based on the alternative Greek transliteration.

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Pronunciation examples for hallelujah

1. Oh, hallelujah. Hallelujah!

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2. Hallelujah, brother...

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3. Hallelujah, it's raining men

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4. "Hallelujah, Johnny’s talking!"

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5. KANDEE JOHNSON: Hallelujah.

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Examples of use of hallelujah

1. President Omer Al–Bashir ended his speech by saying "Allah Akber Allah Akber, Hallelujah, Hallelujah". (ST) (ST)

2. "The government of lies and oppression ended on the 8th of July, hallelujah, hallelujah." The audience in the church responded with joyful ululations.

3. Hallelujah! you may exclaim, whats new about that?

4. "I probably said something close to ‘Hallelujah,‘" said Weh.

5. Glory, glory hallelujah, you are clapping on beats two and four.