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Barnabas

//ˈbɑɹnəbəs// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An early Christian, one of the earliest Christian disciples in Jerusalem

    "And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation, ) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet."

  2. 2
    A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βαρναβᾶς (Barnabâs), from Aramaic בַרְנֶבֻאָה (barneḇú’â, literally “prophet's son”), from בּר (bar, “son of”) and נְבִיָּא (nəḇiyyā, “prophet”).

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