Strong G921G921H[unnamed]
[father of Barnabus]
One of the 2 senses of Strong G921
- Transliteration
- Barnabas
- Pronunciation
- bar-nab'-as
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
father of Barnabas, "son of comfort"
Detailed definition
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.†
(AS)
Barnabas: Act.4:36 9:27 11:22, 30 12:25 13-15, 1Co.9:6, Gal.2:1, 9 13, Col.4:10.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
father of Barnabas
A close relative of John Mark.
A reference to the grandfather or other close relative of John Mark.