HALLELUJAH

hallelujah

(noun) a shout or song of praise to God

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Interjection

hallelujah

An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.

A general expression of gratitude or adoration.

Noun

hallelujah (plural hallelujahs)

A shout of “Hallelujah”.

A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah".

(in the plural) General praise.

Verb

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

(intransitive) To cry "hallelujah" in praise.

Source: Wiktionary


Hal`le*lu"iah, Hal`le*lu"jah, n. & interj. Etym: [Heb. See Alleluia.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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