Barnabas

See also: Barnabás and Barnabáš

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βαρναβᾶς (Barnabâs), from the Hebrew בּר (bar, son) and נָבִיא (naví, prophet).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Barnabas

  1. (biblical) An early Christian, one of the earliest Christian disciples in Jerusalem
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, [], OCLC 964384981:
      : Acts 4:36-37:
      And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation, ) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
  2. A male given name of biblical origin.

Translations


Finnish

Proper noun

Barnabas

  1. (biblical) Barnabas

Declension

Inflection of Barnabas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)
nominative Barnabas
genitive Barnabaan
partitive Barnabasta
illative Barnabaaseen
singular plural
nominative Barnabas
accusative nom. Barnabas
gen. Barnabaan
genitive Barnabaan
partitive Barnabasta
inessive Barnabaassa
elative Barnabaasta
illative Barnabaaseen
adessive Barnabaalla
ablative Barnabaalta
allative Barnabaalle
essive Barnabaana
translative Barnabaaksi
instructive
abessive Barnabaatta
comitative

Manx

Proper noun

Barnabas m

  1. (biblical) Barnabas

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
BarnabasVarnabasMarnabas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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