Βαρσα(β)βᾶς

Βαρσα(β)βᾶς, ᾶ, ὁ (Βαρσαβᾶς t.r. [so Aa I 108, 13]; Βαρζάβας AcPl Ha 11, 10–11; בַּר סָאבָא or בַּר שְׁבָא) Barsabbas (Diod S 32, 15, 7 as the name of a king of the Thracians, but with only one β.; PBenoit et al., Discoveries in the Judean Desert, II, ’61, 25, 5 [133 A.D.]).

① patronymic of a certain Joseph, surnamed Justus, a member of the earliest Christian community Ac 1:23; Pa. (2:9; 11:2); name used for a servant of Nero AcPl Ha 11, 10; s. index of names Aa I 298.

② patronymic of a certain Judas who, with Silas, was appointed by the Jerusalem apostles as a companion of Paul and Barnabas when they returned to Antioch fr. the meeting described Ac 15:22. (On the name and spelling s. Dalman, Gramm.² 180; Cadbury, Harris Festschr. [s. Βαρναβᾶς] 48–50.)—M-M.