Barabbas
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Barabbās, from Ancient Greek Βαραββᾶς (Barabbâs), from Aramaic בּר אַבָּא (bar ʾabbā, “son of the father”).
Pronunciation
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, 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.
Translations
insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed instead of releasing Jesus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βαραββᾶς (Barabbâs), from Aramaic בּר אַבָּא (bar ʾabbā, “son of the father”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /baˈrab.baːs/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈrab.bas/,
Proper noun
Barabbās m sg (genitive Barabbae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Barabbās |
| genitive | Barabbae |
| dative | Barabbae |
| accusative | Barabbān |
| ablative | Barabbā |
| vocative | Barabbā |