Acts 15:2:12Acts.15.2.W12TAB

Βαρναβᾷ

barnaba

Barnabas

Transliteration
bar-na-BA
Extended
bahr-nah-BAH
IPA
/bar.naˈba/

Meaning by language

English
Barnabas

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Result
Βαρ + να + βᾷ
bar + na + ba
barnaba

Alphabet Analysis

Betav — as in victory
Alphaah — as in father
Rhor — rolled r
Nun — as in new
Alphaah — as in father
Betav — as in victory
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    bar-na-BA

  2. sentence

    ge-no-ME-nês de STA-se-ōs KAI dzê-TE-se-ōs ouk o-LI-gês tō PAU-lō KAI tō bar-na-BA pros au-TOUS E-ta-ksan a-na-BAI-nein PAU-lon KAI bar-na-BAN KAI ti-NAS AL-lous eks au-TÔN pros tous a-po-STO-lous KAI pres-by-TE-rous eis ie-rou-sa-LÊM pe-RI tou dzê-TE-ma-tos TOU-tou

Exegesis

The dative phrase tō Paulo kai tō Barnaba {τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Βαρναβᾷ | tō Paú-lō kaí tō Bar-na-bâ} identifies the principal parties, while pros autous {πρὸς αὐτοὺς | pròs au-toús} marks their interlocutors.

In contextActs 15:2

When significant dissension and debate broke out between Paul, Barnabas, and the others, the church appointed Paul, Barnabas, and some others from their group to go up to the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem concerning this matter .

About this coordinate

Acts 15:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 15:2, so the Greek word Βαρναβᾷ (barnaba) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.15.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.2.W12.S1) and character.