Barnabas
ΒαρνάβαςStrong’s G0921Barnabas
Appears in 28 verses of the New Testament
In short
Barnabas is the Greek word usually translated “barnabas” and “after barnabas”. It appears in 28 verses of the New Testament.
“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,”
Meaning
Usually translated “barnabas” and “after barnabas”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- barnabas 25
- of barnabas 2
- after barnabas 1
- to barnabas 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 23
- Galatians 3
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Colossians 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 9:27But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
- Acts 11:22Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
- Acts 11:25Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
- Acts 11:30Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
- Acts 12:25And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
- Acts 13:1Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Greek dictionary
Βαρνάβας Barnabas · Barnabas
Βαρναβᾶς, -α, ὁ (Aram. בַּר, son, as prefix to another word interpreted in Act.4:36, τῆς παρακλήσεως, perh. נְבוּאָה, wh., however, should be rendered by προφητεία as in II Est.6:14, LXX. Deiss., BS, 309f., thinks Β. may be a variant of the name Βαρνεβοῦς, son of Nebo, found in a Syrian Inscr., altered with a view to disguising its origin; see also Milligan, NTD, iii; Dalman, Gr., 142), Barnabas: Act.4:36 9:27 11:22, 30 12:25 13-15, 1Co.9:6, Gal.2:1, 9 13, Col.4:10.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.