What does "barabbas" mean?

In the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus.

What is a synonym for "barabbas"?

Common synonyms include: allegory, bandit, convict, criminal, insurrectionist, metaphor.

/bəˈɹæbəs/ name

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In the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus.
"And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made inſurrection with him, who had committed murder in the inſurrection."

"And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made inſurrection with him, who had committed murder in the inſurrection."

Borrowed from Latin Barabbās, from Ancient Greek Βαραββᾶς (Barabbâs), from Aramaic בּר אַבָּא (bar ʾabbā, “son of the father”).