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ὡσαννά

MainId: 005496000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: ω

StrongCodes: G5614

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 005496001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb (Aramaic loanword)

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 005496001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 33.364

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Praise

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-06-13 14:02:13

         DefinitionShort: (an Aramaic expression meaning ‘help, I pray’ or ‘save, I pray,’ but which had become a strictly liturgical formula of praise) a shout of praise or adoration

         Glosses: hosanna

         Comments: In {S:04002100900044} ὡσαννὰ τῷ υἱῷ Δαυίδ may also be rendered as ‘praise to you, Son of David’ or ‘we praise you who are the Son of David’ or ‘… a descendant of David.’|Though for many early Christians, and especially those of Jewish background, ὡσαννά would be known from its Aramaic background as meaning ‘help’ or ‘save,’ nevertheless, its association with liturgical expressions involving praise and exaltation resulted in the expression acquiring quite a different significance; hence, a phrase such as ‘hosanna in the highest’ became equivalent to ‘praise be to God.’ For growing numbers of Christians without Jewish background, ὡσαννά probably acquired much the same meaning as it now has in English.

      LEXReferences: MAT 21:9, MAT 21:9, MAT 21:15, MARK 11:9, MARK 11:10, YHN 12:13