Βαρναβᾶς

See also: Βαρνάβας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic בַּר נְבִיָּא (bar nəḇiyyā, literally “prophet’s son”).

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βar.naˈβas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /var.naˈvas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /var.naˈvas/

Proper noun

Βαρναβᾶς • (Barnabâs) m (genitive Βαρναβᾶ); first declension

Barnabas

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Βαρναβᾶς; τοῦ Βαρναβᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βαρναβᾶς ho Barnabâs
Genitive	τοῦ Βαρναβᾶ toû Barnabâ
Dative	τῷ Βαρναβᾷ tōî Barnabāî
Accusative	τὸν Βαρναβᾶν tòn Barnabân
Vocative	Βαρναβᾶ Barnabâ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Βαρνάβας (Varnávas)
Coptic: ⲃⲁⲣⲛⲁⲃⲁⲥ (barnabas)
→ Armenian: Բառնաբաս (Baṙnabas)
→ Latin: Barnabas
- → Czech: Barnabáš
- → English: Barnabas, Barnaby
- → Finnish: Barnabas
- → French: Barnabé
- → Georgian: ბარნაბა (barnaba)
- → Italian: Barnaba
- → Latin: Barnabas
- → Manx: Barnabas
- → Norman: Barnabé
- → Polish: Barnaba
→ Old Church Slavonic: Варнава (Varnava)
- → Russian: Варнава (Varnava)

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press