Barnabas

Proper noun

Meaning

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

(biblical) An early Christian, one of the earliest Christian disciples in Jerusalem

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

barney Barnaby

Examples

Akash Barnabas posted a picture of himself with his face covered by a mask and had the "Baywatch" star in the background, standing in the middle of paddy fields. Source: Internet

Although it is believed he was martyred of faith by being stoned, the Catholic-Apocryphal Acts of Barnabas states that he was bound with a rope by the neck, and then being dragged only to the site where he would be burned to death. Source: Internet

But it also places Barnabas before the Bar Kochba revolt in 132 CE, after which there could have been no hope that the Romans would help to rebuild the temple. Source: Internet

Athanasius compiled the list to resolve questions about such texts as The Epistle of Barnabas. Source: Internet

Among several arguments they point to the detail of "a little king, who shall subdue three of the kings under one" and "a little crescent horn, and that it subdued under one three of the great horns" in Barnabas 4:4-5. Source: Internet

A sign in the window of Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey, on March 28 reads "stay positive," alongside a heart. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

barn swallow barn-door fowl Barnaba Chiaramonti barnabite Barnaby Barnaby's thistle