Barabbas
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Barabbās, from Ancient Greek Βαραββᾶς (Barabbâs), from Aramaic בּר אַבָּא (bar ʾabbā, “son of the father”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈɹæbəs/
- Hyphenation: Ba‧rab‧bas
Proper noun
Barabbas
- (Christianity) In the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Mark 15:7:
- And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made inſurrection with him, who had committed murder in the inſurrection.
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Translations
insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed instead of releasing Jesus
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βαραββᾶς (Barabbâs), from Aramaic בּר אַבָּא (bar ʾabbā, “son of the father”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /baˈrab.baːs/, [bäˈräbːäːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈrab.bas/, [bäˈräbːäs]
Proper noun
Barabbās m sg (genitive Barabbae); first declension
- Barabbas
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Barabbās |
Genitive | Barabbae |
Dative | Barabbae |
Accusative | Barabbān |
Ablative | Barabbā |
Vocative | Barabbā |
Descendants
- Italian: Barabba
- → English: Barabbas