hallelujah
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hallelujah
- /ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə/ US, UK
- /-ɪ-/ US, UK
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh), from הַלְּלוּ (halləlū, “praise!”) + יָהּ (yɔh, “Lord, Jah”).
interjection halleluia · halleluiah · halleluja · alleluia · aleluia
- An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God. AND after theſe things I heard a great voyce of much people in heauen, ſaying, Alleluia: ſaluation, and glorie, and honour, and power vnto the Lord our God:
- A general expression of gratitude or adoration. Hallelujah! It’s finally the weekend!
noun hallelujahs · halleluia · halleluiah · halleluja · alleluia · aleluia
- A shout of “Hallelujah”. So ſung they, and the Empyrean rung, / With Halleluiahs: Thus was Sabbath kept.
- A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah".
- General praise. Who so stolid and selfish, that would not give his voice to swell the hallelujahs of a nation’s jubilee, when the chains of servitude had been torn from his limbs?
verb hallelujahs · hallelujahing · hallelujahed · halleluia · halleluiah
- To cry "hallelujah" in praise. My aunt Gastonia […] she'd seen the Lord more times than they could ever count, and hallelujahed and hallelujahed, said, “While's all this the Gospel word and true, […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: alleluia, amen, glory, let, halleluiah, halleluja, hallelu, hosanna, hallel, hallelujah lass, a-word, hosana, laud, hoshanna, shirah, shalom
Translations
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intj exclamation to praise God
| Español | aleluya |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 할렐루야 hallelluya |
| 日本語 | ハレルヤ hareruya |
| 中文 | 哈利路亞 /哈利路亚 hālìlùyà, 阿利路亞 /阿利路亚 ālìlùyà |
| हिन्दी | हालेलुया hāleluyā |
| Kiswahili | alleluia |
| Português | aleluia |
| Français | alléluia |
| Deutsch | halleluja |
| Italiano | alleluia |
| Ελληνικά | αλληλούια alliloúia |
| Română | aliluia, aleluia |
| Русский | аллилу́йя allilújja, сла́ва бо́гу sláva bógu, ура́ urá |
| Tiếng Việt | hallelujah |
| العربية | هَلُولِيَا halūliyā, الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ al-ḥamdu lillāhi |
| עברית | הַלְּלוּיָהּ hallelúyah |
intj general exclamation of gratitude
| Español | aleluya |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | alleluia |
| Português | aleluia |
| Deutsch | Gott sei Dank |
| Italiano | alleluia, grazie a Dio |
| Ελληνικά | αλληλούια alliloúia |
| Русский | сла́ва бо́гу sláva bógu |
| العربية | الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ al-ḥamdu lillāhi |
noun general praise
| Español | felicitación, congratulación |
|---|---|
| Русский | аллилу́йя allilújja |
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title = {hallelujah},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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