- Βαρναβᾶς
- Βαρναβᾶς, ᾶ, ὁ (Βαρνάβας edd.; ברנבו? SEG VII, 381, 5.—See Dssm., B 175ff, NB 16 [BS 187ff, 307ff], ZNW 7, 1906, 91f; Dalman, Worte 32, Gram.2 178, 4; HCadbury, Semitic Personal Names in Luke-Acts: RHarris Festschr. [Amicitiae Corolla], ed. HWood ’33, 47f, JBL 52, ’33, 59) Barnabas, a Levite fr. Cyprus, whose first name was Joseph (Ac 4:36), uncle of John Mark Col 4:10 (cp. Ac 15:37) and freq. cited in association w. Paul Ac 9:27; 11:22, 30; 12:25; chs. 13–15 (18 times); 1 Cor 9:6; Gal 2:1, 9, 13; Col 4:10; 2 Cor subscr.; B subscr. In Ac 4:36 his name is translated υἱὸς παρακλήσεως son of consolation, but it is not quite clear how this rendering, prob. a popular etymology, is derived.—RTaylor, CQR 136, ’43, 59–79; Bruce, Acts 160.—M-M.
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