Word study · Greek
hōsanna
Hosanna, save us
Say it: ho-sah-NAH (approximate)
ὡσαννά
What it means
From the Hebrew words in Psalm 118:25, "Save us, we pray." It began as a prayer for rescue and by Jesus' day had become a shout of praise used at festivals. The crowd's cry in 21:9 comes straight from Psalm 118:25-26.
Range of meaning
- Prayer for help"Save us."
- Shout of praiseUsed at festivals and processions.
In Matthew
- Chapter 21
The crowd's cry as he enters (21:9, 21:15).
Every verse (2)
Verses where G5614 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources