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Alleluia

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(Praise ye Jehovah). Written thus in Rev. 19:1¹And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God: (Revelation 19:1); but HALLELUJAH, in margin of (Psa. 106; 111; 112; 113; 117; 118; 135 and so forth). A common exclamation of joy and praise in Jewish worship.

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The word ἀλληλούϊα occurs in the LXX, answering to the Hebrew word halal in the Psalms translated “praise ye the Lord.” It is an ascription of praise to God. In Revelation 19:1, 3, 4, 6¹And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God: (Revelation 19:1)
³And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. ⁴And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. (Revelation 19:3‑4)
⁶And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. (Revelation 19:6) the praise is heard in heaven: through mercy the saint learns to raise his Hallelujah on his way thither.

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

Greek for praise ye Jah Al’Ion, an oak