Mark 15:7:5Mark.15.7.W5TAB
Βαραββᾶς
barabbas
“Barabbas”
- Transliteration
- ba-ra-BBAS
- Extended
- bah-rah-BBAS
- IPA
- /ba.rabˈbas/
Meaning by language
- English
- Barabbas
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-ra-BBAS
- sentence
ÊN DE ho le-GO-me-nos ba-ra-BBAS me-TA tôn sta-si-a-STÔN de-de-ME-nos HOI-ti-nes en têi STA-sei PHO-non pe-poi-Ê-kei-san
Exegesis
The article plus participle construction ho legomenos {ὁ λεγόμενος | ho legómenos} forms a substantive phrase, literally “the one being called,” which is then specified by the proper name Barabbas {Βαραββᾶς | Barabbâs}; together they yield “the man called Barabbas.”
Root and etymology
bar abbabeth–resh, aleph–beth–aleph
“son of the father”
In context — Mark 15:7
But there was the man called Barabbas, bound with the rebels , who had committed murder in the uprising .
About this coordinate
Mark 15:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 15:7, so the Greek word Βαραββᾶς (barabbas) 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 Mark.15.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.7.W5.S1) and character.