noun · masculine
barabbos
Strong’sG912
Barabbas
stem barabb-11 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
Βαραββᾶς, -ᾶ, ὁ
(Aram. בַּר־אַבָּא, lit., son of a father, i.e. acc. to Jerome, filius magistri),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G912 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbar-ab-bas'
son of Abba; Bar-abbas, an Israelite
Fromof Chaldee origin ( and );
King JamesBarabbas.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Barabbas:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | barabbos2×Βαραββᾶς | barabbois |
| object accusative | barabbon9×Βαραββᾶν | barabboin |
| direct address vocative | barabbor | barabboir |
| of, belonging to genitive | barabbou | barabboiu |
| to, for dative | barabbo | barabboi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
barabbo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
barabbos“Barabbas”subjectnominative singular2×
Mark 15:7ate de tos legorōntos Barabbos meta toiu stasiastoiu dorēntos hotinois en …And a man named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who …
John 18:40… alla ton Barabbon. ate de tos Barabbos lēstos.“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” ( Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist. )
barabbon“Barabbas”objectaccusative singular9×
Matthew 27:16… de tote desmion episēmon legorōnton Iēsun Barabbon.… were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.
Matthew 27:17… Tinon thelavō apoluameia vi, Iēsun ton Barabbon ē Iēsun ton legorōnton christon?… want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
Matthew 27:20… peithala toin ochloin hina aiteleia ton Barabbon ton de Iēsun apolaleia.… persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to …
Matthew 27:21… apoluameia vi? tois de legala; Ton Barabbon.… release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied.
Matthew 27:26tote apoluata autoi ton Barabbon, ton de Iēsun fragellarantos paradōata hina …So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus …
Mark 15:11… anaseiala ton ochlon hina mallon ton Barabbon apoluateia autoi.… the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.
Mark 15:15… tem hikanem poiara apoluata autoi ton Barabbon, kai paradōata ton Iēsun fragellarantos hina …… to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus …
Luke 23:18… Airasōr houton, apoluasar de ni ton Barabbon;… unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
John 18:40… palin legarōntois; Mē houton alla ton Barabbon. ate de tos Barabbos lēstos.… man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” ( Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist. )