Lexical Summary Barsabbas: "son of Sabba", Barsabbas, the surname of two Israelites Christian Original Word: ΒαρσαββᾶςTransliteration: Barsabbas Phonetic Spelling: (bar-sab-as') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: "son of Sabba", Barsabbas, the surname of two Israelites Christian Meaning: Barsabbas -- "son of Sabba", the surname of two Israelites Christian Strong's Concordance Barsabas. Of Chaldee origin (bar and probably tsba'); son of Sabas (or Tsaba); Bar-sabas, the name of two Israelites -- Barsabas. see HEBREW bar see HEBREW tsba' Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 923: ΒαρσαβαςΒαρσαβας (Βαρσαββᾶς L T Tr WH; see WH's Appendix, p. 159), Βαρσαβα (Buttmann, 20 (18)), ὁ, Barsabas (or Barsabbas) (i. e. son of Saba (others, Zaba)); 1. the surname of a certain Joseph: Acts 1:23 (B. D. under the word 2. the surname of a certain Judas: Acts 15:22 (B. D. under the word Judas Barsabas). |