Word Study · Strong's G923 · Greek
Βαρσαβᾶς
Barsabas
bar-sab-as'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Barsabâs
“son of Sabas (or Tsaba)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
son of Sabas (or Tsaba); Bar-sabas, the name of two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Barsabas.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- Βαρσαββᾶν2
How it is rendered · 1
- Barsabbas2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular2
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- N-ASM-P · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 1:23Βαρσαββᾶνbarsabbannoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularSo they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.here: Barsabbas
- Acts 15:22Βαρσαββᾶνbarsabbannoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularThen the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,here: Barsabbas