Difference between revisions of "Hosanna"
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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78027" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78027" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: '''''Ὡσαννά''''' ''' (Strong'S #5614 | <div> '''1: '''''Ὡσαννά''''' ''' (Strong'S #5614 — — hosanna — ho-san-nah' ) </div> <p> in the Hebrew, means "save, we pray." The word seems to have become an utterance of praise rather than of prayer, though originally, probably, a cry for help. The people's cry at the Lord's triumphal entry into Jerusalem ( Matthew 21:9,15; Mark 11:9,10; John 12:13 ) was taken from Psalm 118 , which was recited at the Feast of Tabernacles (see [[Feast]] in the great Hallel ( Psalm 113 to 118) in responses with the priest, accompanied by the waving of palm and willow branches. "The last day of the feast" was called "the great Hosanna;" the boughs also were called "hosannas." </p> | ||
== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19898" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19898" /> == | ||
