G0239 G0239
Hallelujah; a Hebrew liturgical exclamation meaning 'Praise the LORD'
This untranslated Hebrew exclamation combines hallel ('praise') with Yah (the shortened form of YHWH), literally meaning 'Praise the LORD!' It appears exclusively in Revelation 19:1-6, where the heavenly multitude erupts in fourfold praise after Babylon's fall. No other New Testament book uses it, making it a deliberate echo of the Psalter's Hallel psalms (Pss 113-118, 146-150) now resounding in the eschatological throne room.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A transliterated Hebrew liturgical shout meaning 'Praise Yah(weh)!', preserved untranslated across all target languages—English 'Hallelouia,' Spanish 'Halleluia,' French and German 'Halleluja'—reflecting its status as a universal worship cry. Confined to the four occurrences in Revelation 19:1-6, it marks the climactic heavenly celebration of God's righteous judgment. 4×
AR["هَلِلويا"]·ben["হাল্লেলূয়া"]·DE["Halleluja"]·EN["Hallēlouia"]·FR["Halleluja"]·heb["הַלְלוּיָהּ"]·HI["हल्लेलूयाह"]·ID["Haleluya"]·IT["alleluia"]·jav["Haleluya"]·KO["할렐루야"]·PT["Aleluia"]·RU["Аллилуйя"]·ES["Hallelúia!", "Hallelúia,"]·SW["Haleluya!", "Haleluya,"]·TR["Haleluyah"]·urd["حللویاہ"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Transliteration of Hebrew יָהּ+הָלַל 'praise+YHWH' [H1984+H3050]. Not in LSJ.