Bible Names

Hosanna: meaning of the name

Hosanna means “save I pray thee; keep; preserve.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Hosanna in Scripture

“Hosanna” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

  • Matthew 21:9

    And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

  • Matthew 21:15

    And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,

  • Mark 11:9

    And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:

  • Mark 11:10

    Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

  • John 12:13

    Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.