Category:Alleluia

Al`le*lu"ia, Al`le*lu"iah, n. Etym: [L. alleluia, Gr. hall-yah. See Hallelujah.]

Defn: 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.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Alleluia - The Greek form (Revelation 19:1, Revelation 19:3, Revelation 19:4, Revelation 19:6) of the Hebrew Hallelujah = Praise ye Jehovah, which begins or ends several of the psalms (Psalm 106, Psalm 111:1, Psalm 112:1, Psalms 113:1, etc.).