Βαραββᾶς

See also: Βαραββάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic בּר אַבָּא (bār ábbā, “son of [a] father”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /βa.raβˈβas/ → /va.raˈvas/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βa.raβˈβas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /va.ravˈvas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /va.raˈvas/

Proper noun

Βαραββᾶς • (Barabbâs) m (genitive Βαραββᾶ); third declension

1. Barabbas, a criminal released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Βαραββᾶς; τοῦ Βαραββᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βαραββᾶς ho Barabbâs
Genitive	τοῦ Βαραββᾶ toû Barabbâ
Dative	τῷ Βαραββᾷ tôi Barabbâi
Accusative	τὸν Βαραββᾶν tòn Barabbân
Vocative	Βαραββᾶ Barabbâ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βαραββάς (Varavvás)
• → Latin: Barabbās (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Βαραββᾶς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G912 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible