Lexicon / G0921
Βαρνάβας
Barnabas
  • Barnabas
  • [father of Barnabus]

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Glosses: Barnabas; [father of Barnabus]

Βαρναβᾶς, -α, ὁ (Aram. בַּר, son, as prefix to another word interpreted in Act.4:36, τῆς παρακλήσεως, perh. נְבוּאָה, wh. however, should be rendered by προφητεία as in II Est.6:14, LXX. Deiss. BS, 309f. thinks Β. may be a variant of the name Βαρνεβοῦς, son of Nebo, found in a Syrian Inscr. altered with a view to disguising its origin; see also Milligan, NTD, iii; Dalman, Gr. 142),

Barnabas: Act.4:36 9:27 11:22, 30 12:25 13-15, 1Co.9:6, Gal.2:1, 9 13, Col.4:10.†

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