The name Barnabas is usually given to a Boy.
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The origin of the name lies in Hebrew.
Barnabas is pronounced as BAHR-n-bs
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Barnabas is an English form of the Aramaic name Barnabya which means the son of encouragement. Barnabas was the most famous of all Paul's disciples in the Bible and the name was considered very appropriate for him.
Summary
Meaning
Son Of Consolation
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Meaning
Greek form of an Aramaic name.
In Acts
In the New Testament the byname
Barnabas was given to a man named
Joseph, a Jew from
Cyprus who was a companion of
Paul on his missionary journeys. The original Aramaic form is unattested, but it may be from בּר נביא (
Bar navi) meaning "son of the prophet", though
In Acts 4:36 it is claimed that the name means "son of encouragement".As an
English name,
Barnabas came into occasional use after the 12th century. It is now rare, though the variant
Barnaby is still moderately common
In Britain.
Origin
German (Rare), English (Rare), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Pronunciation
/ˈbaʁ.na.bas/(German) /ˈbɑɹ.nə.bəs/(English)