Behind the Name: Comments for the name Barnabas

Comments for BARNABAS:

"Son of Encouragement" and "Son of the Prophet" mean essentially the same thing in the New Testament. Prophecy was redefined in the NT as speaking encouragement into someone's life. In the Old Testament, prophecy referred to predicting the future as revealed by the Holy Spirit. So the translation of Barnabas in Acts is accurate.

-- Atarah Derek 1/26/2007

Barnabas Stinson is a character on "How I Met Your Mother".

-- pandasayscynical 5/7/2008

Barnabas Collins (for "Dark Shadows") is a vampire.

-- Anonymous User 5/21/2008

In the Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper, one of the three main characters from the first book, Under Sea and Over Stone, is Barney, he is the brother of Jane and Simon.

-- dreamflower 6/14/2008

I never cared for the name Barnabas until Barnabas Collins, the most awesome vampire of all time! Also, Barnabas is the full name of Barney Fife from Andy Griffith.

-- yohevid 8/2/2008

The name sounds like the word barbaric.

-- Raindrop_Deamer 12/6/2008

The German pronunciation is BAHR-nah-bahs. [noted -ed]

-- mafiosa 8/6/2009

It doesn't sound like barabaric at all..why would you say that?

-- Hushpuppy 4/16/2013

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