Hosanna

This post, like my post about the word Hallelujah, is going to explore the meaning of a word that I hear a lot, but don't really understand.


Hosanna. There are a lot of songs that use this word. I like to sing songs that use this word. But I don't even know what it means. Oops again.

So, according to this online dictionary, the word Hosanna means "an exclamation, originally an appeal to God for deliverance, used in praise of God or Christ," or "a shout of praise or adoration."


Matthew 21:9 - The crowds that went ahead of [Jesus] and those that followed shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Hosanna in the highest heaven!"


Mark 11:9-10 - Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, "Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the coming of the kingdom of our father David!" "Hosanna in the highest heaven!"


John 12:13 - They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the king of Israel!"

Matthew 21:15-16 - But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, "Hosanna to the son of David," they were indignant. "Do you hear what these children are saying?" they asked him. "Yes," replied Jesus, "have you never read, 'From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise'?"

So, in the song Hosanna, it says "Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest!"

Every time we sing that, it's another way to shout praise and adoration to God. We should praise Him until the whole earth shakes with it.