Alleluia: meaning of the name
Alleluia means “praise the Lord.”
Alleluia in Scripture
“Alleluia” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.
- Revelation 19:1
And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
- Revelation 19:3
And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
- Revelation 19:4
And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
- Revelation 19:6
And 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.