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View Name: Hosanna


HOSANNA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Biblical
PRONOUNCED: ho-ZAN-ə (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
From the Aramaic religious expression הושע נא (Hosha' na') meaning "deliver us" in Hebrew. In the New Testament this is exclaimed by those around Jesus when he first enters Jerusalem.
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