Meaning of ALLELUIA
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Al`le*lu"ia\, Alleluiah \Al`le*lu"iah\, n. [L.
alleluia, Gr. ?, fr. Heb. hall[=e]l[=u]-y[=a]h. See
{Hallelujah}.]
An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of
praise to God. See {Hallelujah}, the commoner form.
I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying,
Alleluia. --Rev. xix. 1.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | the Greek form (Rev. 19:1, 3, 4, 6) of the Hebrew Hallelujah = Praise ye Jehovah, which begins or ends several of the psalms (106, 111, 112, 113, etc.). |
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| | Related Terms: | | Agnus Dei, Anamnesis, answer, anthem, antiphon, antiphony, applause, Benedicite, Blessing, Canon, canticle, chant, cheer, chorale, chorus of cheers, Collect, Communion, Consecration, Credo, cry, Dismissal, doxology, Epistle, Fraction, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis, Gloria Patri, Gospel, Gradual, hallelujah, hooray, hosanna, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, hymn, hymn of praise, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology, Introit, Kyrie, Kyrie Eleison, Last Gospel, laud, Lavabo, Magnificat, mantra, Miserere, motet, Nunc Dimittis, Offertory, offertory sentence, paean, Paternoster, Pax, Post-Communion, Preface, psalm, psalmody, rah, report, response, responsory, Sanctus, Secreta, shout, Te Deum, Tersanctus, Tract, Trisagion, Vedic hymn, versicle, yell, yippee |
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