Etymology

Barabbas

Ba·rab·bas
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Today it means: In the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus. Full definition →

Latin Barabbās ← Ancient Greek Βαραββᾶς ← Aramaic בּר אַבָּא
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The story

  1. Aramaic · derived fromבּר אַבָּא“son of the father”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΒαραββᾶς
  3. Latin · borrowed fromBarabbās
  4. English todayBarabbas

Borrowed from Latin Barabbās, from Ancient Greek Βαραββᾶς (Barabbâs), from Aramaic בּר אַבָּא (bar ʾabbā, “son of the father”).

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