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Barnabas
Biblical Persons & Places
Barnabas
Levite living at the time of the New Testament
A man living at the time of the New Testament, first mentioned at Act.4.36;
referred to as Barnabas (Βαρνάβας), or Joseph (KJV= Joses) (Ἰωσήφ), or Joses (=Var, KJV) (Ἰωσῆς);
his mother was Mary ;
a brother of Mary.
father_of_Barnabas
Levite living at the time of the New Testament - unnamed father of Barnabas
A man living at the time of the New Testament, inferred at Col.4.10;
only referred to as father of Barnabas (.);
unnamed father of: Barnabas and Mary.
Strong's Definition
son of Nabas (i.e. prophecy); Barnabas, an Israelite
Derivation: of Chaldee origin (H01247 and H05029);
KJV Usage: Barnabas
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Βαρναβᾶς, Βαρναβᾷ (Buttmann, 20 (18)), ὁ (αΗΜψ son, and πΘαΘΰ; according to Luke's interpretation υἱός παρακλήσεως, i. e. excelling in the power τῆς παρακλήσεως, Act_4:36; see παράκλησις, 5), Barnabas, the surname of Joses (better Joseph), a Levite, a native of Cyprus. He was a distinguished teacher of the Christian religion, and a companion and colleague of Paul: Act_9:27; Act_11:22,( Rec.),; Act_12:25; Act_13:1-52; Act_14:1-28; Act_15:1-41; 1Co_9:6; Gal_2:1; Gal_2:9; Gal_2:13; Col_4:10.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Βαρναβᾶς Barnabas 28x
Barnabas, pr. name, Act_4:36 ; Act_13:1 f; Act_14:12 ; Act_15:2 f.; 1Co_9:6 ; Gal_2:1 ; Gal_2:9 ; Gal_2:13 ; Col_4:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Βαρ -νάβας , -α , ὁ
(Aram. αΜΗψ , son , as prefix to another word interpreted in Act_4:36 , τῆς παρακλήσεως , perh. H5029 , WH ., however, should be rendered by προφητεία as in Ezr_6:14 , LXX . Deiss., BS , 309 f ., thinks B . may be a variant of the name Βαρνεβοῦς , son of Nebo, found in a Syrian user., altered with a view to disguising its origin; v. also Milligan , NTD , iii; Dalman, Gr ., 142),
Barnabas: Act_4:36 ; Act_9:27 ; Act_11:22 ; Act_11:30 ; Act_12:25 ; Act_12:13-15 , 1Co_9:6 , Gal_2:1 ; Gal_2:9 ; Gal_2:13 , Col_4:10 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Βαρνάβας [page 103]
As against the popular etymology given in Act_4:36 , Deissmann has shown on the evidence of certain inscriptions that this proper name is Graecized from the Semitic αψπαο = Son of Nebo : see BS pp. 187 ff., 307 ff., ZNTW vii. (1906) p. 91 f. This derivation has been accepted by Dalman Words , p. 40 f., and G. B. Gray Exp T x. p. 233 f.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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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