The story
- Aramaic · derived fromבַרְנֶבֻאָה
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΒαρναβᾶς
- English todayBarnabas
From Ancient Greek Βαρναβᾶς (Barnabâs), from Aramaic בַרְנֶבֻאָה (barneḇú’â, literally “prophet's son”), from בּר (bar, “son of”) and נְבִיָּא (nəḇiyyā, “prophet”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.