Barnabas name - Meaning of Barnabas
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- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 22
- Usage
- German, English (Rare) , Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- BAHR-nah-bahs (German) , BAHR-nə-bəs (English)
- Barnabas Meaning
- Greek form of an Aramaic name. In Acts in the New Testament the byname Barnabas was given to a man named Joseph, a companion of Paul on his missionary journeys. The original Aramaic is unattested, but it may be from (bar naviya') meaning "son of the prophet", though in Acts 4:36 it is claimed that the name means "son of encouragement". As an English name, it came into occasional use after the 12th century. 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.
Barnabas Related Names
Variant: Barnaby (English)
Diminutive: Barney (English)
Other Languages: Barnabé (French), Barnabás, Barna (Hungarian), Varnava (Russian)
Barnabas Celebrities
Barnabas Kelet Henagan - politician, Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini - politician,
