Greek proper noun (a person) · G923
Βαρσαβᾶς
Barsabasbar-sab-as'
the surname of one Joseph; The surname of one Judas
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Barsabâs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G923is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G923
son of Sabas (or Tsaba); Bar-sabas, the name of two Israelites
The King James renders it: Barsabas.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Barsabas is rendered "the surname of one Joseph; The surname of one Judas". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "the surname of one Joseph".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 1:23So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.
The first use
So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.
Acts 1:23Βαρσαββᾶν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's two uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: the surname of one Joseph, and The surname of one Judas.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| the surname of one JosephAct.1:23. | Tagged as
| WhereActs 1:23So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. |
| The surname of one JudasAct.15:22. † (AS) | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereActs 15:22Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- Βαρσαββᾶν2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular2N-ASM-P
Acts
two uses
So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.
- Βαρσαββᾶνbarsabbannoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Barsabbas
Then 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,
- Βαρσαββᾶνbarsabbannoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Barsabbas
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.