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BARNABAS
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Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, English (Rare), Biblical
Pronounced: BAHR-nə-bəs (English) [key]
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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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