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BARNABAS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: German, English (Rare), Biblical

Pronounced: BAHR-nə-bəs (English)   [key]

Greek form of an Aramaic name which probably meant "son of the prophet" (though it is claimed in Acts 4:36 to mean "son of encouragement"). In Acts in the New Testament the surname Barnabas was given to a man named Joseph, a companion of Paul on his missionary journeys. As an English name, it came into occasional use after the 12th century.
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