Barabbas

Borrowed from Latin Barabbās, from Ancient Greek Βαραββᾶς (Barabbâs), from Aramaic בּר אַבָּא (bar ʾabbā, “son of the father”).

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɹæbəs/
• Hyphenation: Ba‧rab‧bas

Barabbas

1. (Christianity) In the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 15:7:

     And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made inſurrection with him, who had committed murder in the inſurrection.

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /baˈrab.baːs/, [bäˈräbːäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈrab.bas/, [bäˈräbːäs]

Barabbās m sg (genitive Barabbae); first declension

1. Barabbas

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

• Italian: Barabba
• → English: Barabbas