'Hallelujah' definitions:
Definition of 'hallelujah'
(from WordNet)
noun
A shout or song of praise to God
Definition of 'Hallelujah'
From: GCIDE
- Halleluiah \Hal`le*lu"iah\, Hallelujah \Hal`le*lu"jah\ (h[a^]l`l[-e]*l[=u]"y[.a]), n. & interj. [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. ) [1913 Webster]
- So sung they, and the empyrean rung With Hallelujahs. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,"any one as he walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his hallelujahs." --Sharp. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'hallelujah'
From: Easton
- Hallelujah praise ye Jehovah, frequently rendered "Praise ye the LORD," stands at the beginning of ten of the psalms (106, 111-113, 135, 146-150), hence called "hallelujah psalms." From its frequent occurrence it grew into a formula of praise. The Greek form of the word (alleluia) is found in Rev. 19:1, 3, 4, 6.
Definition of 'hallelujah'
From: Hitchcock
- Hallelujah, praise the Lord
Synonyms of 'hallelujah'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Agnus Dei,
- alleluia,
- answer,
- anthem,
- antiphon,
- antiphony,
- applause,
- Benedicite,
- canticle,
- chant,
- cheer,
- chorale,
- chorus of cheers,
- cry,
- doxology,
- Gloria,
- Gloria in Excelsis,
- Gloria Patri,
- hooray,
- hosanna,
- hurrah,
- hurray,
- huzzah,
- hymn,
- hymn of praise,
- hymnody,
- hymnography,
- hymnology,
- Introit,
- laud,
- Magnificat,
- mantra,
- Miserere,
- motet,
- Nunc Dimittis,
- offertory,
- offertory sentence,
- paean,
- psalm,
- psalmody,
- rah,
- report,
- response,
- responsory,
- shout,
- Te Deum,
- Trisagion,
- Vedic hymn,
- versicle,
- yell,
- yippee