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barnabas

/ˈbɑɹnəbəs/

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What does barnabas mean?

proper noun

  1. An early Christian, one of the earliest Christian disciples in Jerusalem
  2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

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/ˈbɑɹnəbəs/

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Luke reports “that the contention between Paul and Barnabas was so sharp that they departed asunder one from the other.”
Martin LutherCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansTranslated by Theodore GraebnerProject Gutenberg ebook #1549
He seemed to be getting on in his profession, when last year, about S. Barnabas’ day, he went to play at ball on the castle green.
S. (Sabine) Baring-GouldThe Book of Were-WolvesProject Gutenberg ebook #5324
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And beside Famagost was Saint Barnabas the apostle born.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
After him there was never any other Apostle ordained, but Paul and Barnabas, which was done (as we read Acts 13.1,2,3.) in this manner.
Thomas HobbesLeviathanProject Gutenberg ebook #3207