Word

Βαρνάβας

Barnábas · G921 · Greek · 28 occurrences

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Person

Barnabasfirst named in Acts 4:3630 verses

Meanings

Barnabas

An additional name of a certain Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus who was an associate of Paul

Examples
Acts 4:36 Now Joseph, a Levite of Cyprian birth, who was also called Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of Encouragement),
Acts 9:27 But Barnabas took hold of him and brought him to the apostles and described to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had talked to him, and how he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus at Damascus.
Acts 11:22 The news about them reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas off to Antioch.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

4 occurrences in 5 groups

διδάσκαλοςteacher, instructor 1
ἀγαπητόςbeloved, dear 1
πείθωto persuade, to be confident, to trust 1
προφήτηςprophet 1
ἀπόστολοςapostle 1

What it doesIt is the subject

10 occurrences in 11 groups

Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 5 groups

ἐξαποστέλλωto send 1
ἀκολουθέωto follow, to come behind, to go behind 1
καλέωto call, to name 1
προσκαλέομαιto call to, to summon 1
ἀφορίζωto separate, to set apart 1

It is given or told toIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

δίδωμιto give, to grant 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 4 groups

σύνwith, together with 4
ἐπίon 2
μετάwith, after 2
πρόςto, toward, with 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀνεψιόςcousin 1
χείρhand 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Barnabas93.65: The proper name Barnabas, the Levite of Cyprian birth called Son of Encouragement who befriends the new convert Saul in Acts 4:36 and 9:27, and later ministers with him in Acts 11:22, 11:30, and 12:25.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon Βαρναβᾷ (Buttmann, 20 (18)), ὁ (בַּר son, and נָבָא; according to Luke's interpretation…

Βαρναβᾷ (Buttmann, 20 (18)), ὁ (בַּר son, and נָבָא; according to Luke's interpretation υἱός παρακλήσεως, i. e. excelling in the power τῆς παρακλήσεως, Acts 4:36; see παράκλησις, 5), Barnabas, the surname of Joses (better Joseph), a Levite, a native of Cyprus. He was a distinguished teacher of the Christian religion, and a companion and colleague of Paul: Acts 9:27; Acts 11:22,( Rec.),; Acts 12:25; Acts 13-15; 1 Cor 9:6; Gal 2:1, Gal 2:9, Gal 2:13; Col 4:10.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Persons28 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0