Βαραββᾶς
See also: Βαραββάς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Aramaic בּר אבא (“son of a father”).
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βa.raβˈβas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /va.ravˈvas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /va.raˈvas/
Proper noun
Βαραββᾶς • (Barabbâs) m (genitive Βαραββᾶ); third declension
- Barabbas, a criminal released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus.
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Βαραββᾶς; τοῦ Βαραββᾶ (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Βαραββᾶς ho Barabbâs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Βαραββᾶ toû Barabbâ | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Βαραββᾷ tôi Barabbâi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Βαραββᾶν tòn Barabbân | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Βαραββᾶ Barabbâ | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Βαραββάς (Varavvás)
- Latin: Barabbās
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Βαραββᾶς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- G912 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979