Question: "What is the meaning of the word hallelujah?" Answer: The word hallelujah is most familiar in the context of the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah. Hallelujah is a Hebrew word meaning “praise ye JAH (Jehovah).” Hallelujah appears four times in the NIV and NASB (Revelation 19:1-6), and is translated “alleluia” in the King James Version. In modern parlance, both words mean “praise the Lord” or “praise Jehovah,” phrases which appear over 50 times in the Old Testament and once in the New Testament. It is interesting to note, however, that in none of the places where “praise the Lord” or “praise Jehovah” appear are they a translation of the Hebrew hallelujah.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:34:43 +0000
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