What Does “Hosanna” Mean in the Bible?
A cry of joy and praise. That is how Jesus was welcomed in Jerusalem.
Today
We sing it in the “Holy, Holy, Holy” at Mass.
Where it appears in the Bible
Matthew 21:9
What the Bible says
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “hosanna”; Matthew 21:9