Lexical Summary Barabbas: "son of Abba", Barabbas, the Israelite robber released instead of Christ Original Word: ΒαραββᾶςTransliteration: Barabbas Phonetic Spelling: (bar-ab-bas') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: "son of Abba", Barabbas, the Israelite robber released instead of Christ Meaning: Barabbas -- "son of Abba", the Israelite robber released instead of Christ Strong's Concordance Barabbas. Of Chaldee origin (dikaiosis and Abba); son of Abba; Bar-abbas, an Israelite -- Barabbas. see HEBREW ga'own see HEBREW 'Abagtha' Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 912: ΒαραββᾶςΒαραββᾶς, Βαραββα, ὁ (from בַּר son, and אַבָּא father, hence, son of a father i. e. of a master (cf. Matthew 23:9)), a captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ: Matthew 27:16f (where manuscripts mentioned by Origen, and some other authorities, place Ἰησοῦν before Βαραββᾶν, approved by Fritzsche, DeWette, Meyer, Bleek, others; (cf. WH Appendix and Tdf.s note at the passage; also Treg. Printed Text, etc., p. 194f)), Matthew 27:20f, 26; Mark 15:7, 11, 15; Luke 23:18; John 18:40. |
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