hallelujah
Syllables: hal·le·lu·jahUK/ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə/
hallelujah interjection: an exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.
Interjection
- 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:1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 19:1, column 2
- A general expression of gratitude or adoration.
- Hallelujah! It’s finally the weekend!
- Hallelujah, it's nice to know you / It's so peculiar how you've come and changed my mind2020, “Love is Back”, performed by Celeste
Noun
hallelujah (plural hallelujahs)
- A shout of “Hallelujah”.
- So ſung they, and the Empyrean rung, / With Halleluiahs: Thus was Sabbath kept.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- 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?1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC, part II (Life as a Freeman), page 441
Verb
hallelujah (third-person singular simple present hallelujahs, present participle hallelujahing, simple past and past participle hallelujahed)
- 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, […]1971, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in Pic
hallelujah meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hallelujah in Hindi
- exclamation to praise God
- हालेलुया hāleluyā
hallelujah in Tamil
- exclamation to praise God
- அல்லேலூயா allēlūyā
hallelujah in Marathi
- हल्लेलुजाह, हल्लेलूया, हल्लेलुजायिंग
hallelujah in Urdu
- exclamation to praise God
- ہللی haliluy
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- hallelujah in Bengali
- সাধারণ প্রশংসা
- hallelujah in Telugu
- హల్లెలూయా hallelūyā
- hallelujah in Malayalam
- ഹല്ലേലൂയ hallēlūya
- hallelujah in Kannada
- ಹಲ್ಲೆಲೂಯಾ hallelūyā
- hallelujah in Punjabi
- ਹਲੇਲੂਯਾਹ, ਹਲੇਲੂਜਾਹ, ਹਲੇਲੁਜਾਹ
- hallelujah in Gujarati
- હલ્લેલુજાહ, હલેલુજાહ, હલ્લેલુજા
- hallelujah in Odia
- ହଲ୍ଲେଲୁଜା, ହାଲେଲୁଜା, ହଲ୍ଲେଲୁଜାହ
- hallelujah in Nepali
- हल्लेलुजा, हल्लेलुजाह, हलेलुजाह
- hallelujah in Tagalog
- aleluya
- hallelujah in Arabic
- الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ al-ḥamdu lillāhi, هَلِّلُويَا hallilūyā, هَلُولِيَا halūliyā
- hallelujah in Malay
- hallelujah, halleluyah, alleluia
- hallelujah in Indonesian
- haleluya, berhaleluya
- hallelujah in Persian
- هلهلویا hale-luya
- hallelujah in Thai
- อัลเลลูยา an-lee-luu-yaa, อาเลลูยา aa-lee-luu-yaa, ฮาเลลูยา haa-lee-luu-yaa
- hallelujah in Vietnamese
- hallelujah
Forms of hallelujah
| Interjection | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | halleluia |
| alternative form | halleluiah |
| alternative form | halleluja |
| alternative form | alleluia |
| alternative form | aleluia |
| Noun | |
| plural | hallelujahs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hallelujahs |
| present participle | hallelujahing |
| past participle | hallelujahed |
| past | hallelujahed |
Origin of hallelujah
Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh), from הַלְּלוּ (halləlū, “praise!”) + יָהּ (yɔh, “Lord, Jah”).
Words formed from hallelujah
Phrases with hallelujah
Questions about hallelujah
- What does hallelujah mean?
- Hallelujah means an exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.
- What is hallelujah in Hindi?
- Hallelujah in Hindi is हालेलुया (hāleluyā). See Hallelujah meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hallelujah?
- Hallelujah can be an interjection, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce hallelujah?
- Hallelujah is pronounced /ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hallelujah (page history and authors); hallelujah (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hallelujah (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hallelujah (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hallelujah (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hallelujah (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hallelujah (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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