Originally the word ‘hallelujah’ was a combination of parts of two Hebrew words, meaning ‘praise’ and ‘Jehovah’ (‘Yahweh’). It has been transliterated into Greek and English as ‘hallelujah’ and means ‘praise the Lord’. It was used mainly to open or close hymns of praise in public worship (Ps 106:1,48; 112:1; 113:1; 115:18; 146:1,10; 147:1,20; 150:1-6; Rev 19:1,3-4,6; see also PRAISE).