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barabbas

/bəˈɹæbəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables
Ba-rab-bas
IPA
/bəˈɹæbəs/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

In the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Barabbās, Βαραββᾶς, בּר אַבָּא

Questions

How do you pronounce barabbas?
The recorded pronunciation is /bəˈɹæbəs/.
What does barabbas mean?
In the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus.
Where does barabbas come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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