Barabbas

English

Proper noun

Barabbas

(Christianity) In the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus.

Translations

insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed instead of releasing Jesus

Italian: Barabba m
Latin: Barabbās m

Portuguese: Barrabás m
Spanish: Barrabás m

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βαραββᾶς (Barabbâs), from Aramaic בּר אבא‎ (bar ʾabbā, “son of the father”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /baˈrab.baːs/

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈrab.bas/

Proper noun

Barabbās m (genitive Barabbae); first declension

Barabbas

Declension

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ās.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Barabbās
Genitive	Barabbae
Dative	Barabbae
Accusative	Barabbān
Ablative	Barabbā
Vocative	Barabbā

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