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ABBA
/ˈæb.ə/
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What does ABBA mean?
noun
- Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.
- Alternative form of aba (Middle Eastern garment).
- Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers.
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proper noun
- A popular Swedish music group from the 1970s, one of the best-selling music artists in history.
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IPA pronunciation
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The Spirit intercedes for us not in many words or long prayers, but with groanings, with little sounds like “Abba.”
The head of an abbey we call an abbot, a name coming, through the Church-Latin abbas, from the Syriac abba, "father"; here again recurs the correlation of priest and father.
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Christ has obtained for us this favour, if we believe in Him: that just as we are His brethren and co-heirs and fellow-kings with Him, so we should be also fellow-priests with Him, and venture with confidence, through the spirit of faith, to come into the presence of God, and cry, "Abba, Father!"