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Hosanna; Hosannah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

“Save, we pray”

(Psa. 118:25-26²⁵Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. ²⁶Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. (Psalm 118:25‑26)). The cry when Christ entered Jerusalem (Matt. 21:9-15⁹And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. ¹⁰And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? ¹¹And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. ¹²And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, ¹³And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. ¹⁴And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. ¹⁵And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, (Matthew 21:9‑15); Mark 11:9-10⁹And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: ¹⁰Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. (Mark 11:9‑10)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

This word, which is the same in the Greek, is considered to be a compound of two Hebrew words, and signifies “save now,” as in Psalm 118:25²⁵Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. (Psalm 118:25). In the New Testament the sense appears to be “bestow blessing.” “Bestow blessing on the Son of David: bestow blessing [O thou who art] in the highest” (Matt. 21:9⁹And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. (Matthew 21:9); Mark 11:9-10⁹And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: ¹⁰Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. (Mark 11:9‑10); John 12:13¹³Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. (John 12:13)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

5614 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

ὡσαννά

Transliteration:

hosanna

Phonic:

ho-san-nah’

Meaning:

of Hebrew origin (3467 and 4994); oh save!; hosanna (i.e. hoshia-na), an exclamation of adoration

KJV Usage:

hosanna

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

save, I beseech thee