Barabbas

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Barabbās, from Ancient Greek Βαραββᾶς (Barabbâs), from Aramaic בּר אַבָּא (bar ʾabbā, “son of the father”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈɹæbəs/ Hyphenation: Ba‧rab‧bas === Proper noun === Barabbas (Christianity) In the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βαραββᾶς (Barabbâs), from Aramaic בּר אַבָּא (bar ʾabbā, “son of the father”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [baˈrab.baːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [baˈrab.bas] === Proper noun === Barabbās m sg (genitive Barabbae); first declension Barabbas ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: Barrabàs Italian: Barabba → English: Barabbas