Hosanna
Bible Usage:
- Hosanna used 6 times.
- First Reference: Matthew 21:9
- Last Reference: John 12:13
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G5614 Used 6 times
Save now! or Save, we beseech, (Matthew 21:9). This was a customary form of acclamation at the feast of Tabernacles. (Comp. Psalms 118:25.)
save I pray thee; keep; preserve
A form of Jewish acclamation.
Matthew 21:9; Matthew 21:15; Mark 11:9-10; John 12:13
(save now). "Save, we pray!" the cry of the multitudes as they thronged in our Lord's triumphal procession into Jerusalem. (Matthew 21:9,15; Mark 11:9,10; John 12:13) The Psalm from which it was taken, the 118th, was one with which they were familiar from being accustomed to recite the 25th and 26th verses at the feast of tabernacles, forming a part of the great hallel. Ps. 113-118.
HOSAN'NA, noun s as z. [Heb. save, I beseech you.]
An exclamation of praise to God, or an invocation of blessings. In the Hebrew ceremonies, it was a prayer rehearsed on the several days of the feast of tabernacles, in which this word was often repeated.