GREEK · G5614
ὡσαννά
hōsanna — Hosanna
ὡσαννά (T, ὠσ-) (Heb נָא and הוֹשֵׁעַ; see Dalman, Words, 220 IL; Gr., 249), hosanna: Mat.21:9, Mrk.11:9-10, Jhn.12:13; τ. υἱῷ Δανείδ, Mat.21:9, 15.† (AS)
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Hosanna
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Save now! or Save, we beseech, (Matt. 21:9). This was a customary form of acclamation at the feast of Tabernacles. (Comp. Ps. 118:25.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.