Lexicon hósanna: save, we pray Original Word: ὡσαννάPart of Speech: Hebrew Form (Indclinable) Transliteration: hósanna Phonetic Spelling: (ho-san-nah') Short Definition: hosanna Definition: (Aramaic and Hebrew, originally a cry for help), hosanna!, a cry of happiness. HELPS word-Studies 5614 hōsanná – a transliteration of the Hebrew term (hôsî-âh-nā) meaning "Oh, save now!" or "Please save!" [The -na suffix in Hebrew expresses intense emotion. 5614 (hōsanná) comes from two Hebrew roots meaning, "Save now!" (= "Save I pray!").] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Hebrew origin yasha and naDefinitionsave, we pray NASB TranslationHosanna (6).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5614: ὡσαννάὡσαννά (see WH. Introductory § 408; but L T ὡσαννά; see Tdf. Proleg., p. 107) (derived from Psalm 117:25 () נָּא הושִׁיָעה, i. e. 'save, I pray', the Sept. σῶσον δή; (in form the word seems to be the Greek reproduction of an abbreviated pronunciation of the Hebrew (הושַׁע־נָא); others would make it אושַׁעְנָא (`save us'); cf. Hilgenfeld, Evang. § Hebraeos (the old 1884 edition), p. 25 and p. 122; Kautzsch, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram., p. 1732), hosanna; be propitious: Matthew 21:9; Mark 11:9; John 12:13; with τῷ υἱῷ Δαυίδ added, be propitious to the Messiah, Matthew 21:9, 15 (cf. ὡσαννά τῷ Θεῷ Δαβίδ, 'Teaching' 10, 6 [ET] (where see Harnack's note)).
Strong's hosanna. Of Hebrew origin (yasha' and na'); oh save!; hosanna (i.e. Hoshia-na), an exclamation of adoration -- hosanna. see HEBREW yasha' see HEBREW na' |
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