Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Alleluia"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Alleluia
the Greek form (Rev. 19:1, 3, 4, 6) of the Hebrew Hallelujah =
Praise ye Jehovah, which begins or ends several of the psalms
(106, 111, 112, 113, etc.).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alleluia \Al`le*lu"ia\, Alleluiah \Al`le*lu"iah\, n. [L.
alleluia, Gr. ?, fr. Heb. hall[=e]l[=u]-y[=a]h. See
{Hallelujah}.]
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.
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