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What does "Hosanna" mean? (Hebrew origin and biblical use)

By The Context Bible team on June 3, 2026

"Hosanna" is a Hebrew prayer — "save now!" — that became a shout of praise. A look at its origin in Psalm 118, the Jewish feast where it became a song, and what the crowd was actually saying when they cried it as Jesus entered Jerusalem.

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