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Jehovah. Ps. lxviii. 4.

See Jehovist, Jehovistic.

See Ganja.

de or adoration. Rev. xix. 1 (Rev. Ver. ) So sung they, and the empyrean rung With Hallelujahs. Milton. In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,"any one as he walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his hallelujahs." Sharp.

A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to other persons of high rank.

A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts. [India]

The office or dignity of a rajah.

A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah in the Bible; -- used by some critics to discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or Yahwe is the spelling now generally adopted by scholars.

The religion or worship of Yahweh (Jehovah), or the system of doctrines, etc., connected with it.

The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah; the author of the Yahwistic, or Jehovistic, Prophetic Document (J); also, the document itself.

time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. [Archaic or Dial.] Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came from Damascus. 2 Kings xvi. 11. Against the sun, in a direction contrary to that in which the sun appears to move.

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.

The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha. The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists (Ficus religiosa), which is planted close to every temple, and attracts almost…

To relax by pleasure; to make powerless. Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. Dryden.

e duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy. Jonathan . . . and Jahaziah . . . were employed about this matter. Ezra x. 15. Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer To turn the glebe. Dryden. To employ one's self, to apply or devote one's time and attention; to busy one's self.…

re element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist. The empyrean rung With hallelujahs. Milton.

thanksgiving. [Obs.] Led through the vale of tears to the region of eucharist and hallelujahs. South.

Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs. [R.]

A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation. "Jubilations and hallelujahs." South.

To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride. Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. 1 Kings xviii. 27. Let not ambition mock their useful toil. Gray.