Barabbas - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H912 — bedeyah (“Bedeiah”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G912 Βαραββᾶς (Barabbas) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Barabbas (bar-ab-bas`) n/p. 1. son of Abba 2. Bar-abbas, an Israelite It has 10 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include barabbas. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
Barabbas (bar-ab-bas`) n/p. 1. son of Abba 2. Bar-abbas, an Israelite [of Chaldee origin (H1347 and H5)] KJV: Barabbas Root(s): H1347, H5
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G912. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Barabbas
Usage: Βαραββᾶς, -ᾶ, ὁ (Aram. בַּר־אַבָּא, lit., son of a father, i.e. accusative to Jerome, filius magistri), Barabbas: Mat.27:16, 17 20, 21, 26, Mrk.15:7, 11 15, Luk.23:18, Jhn.18:40. (In Mat.27:16, some MSS. read Ἰησοῦν Β.; see WH, App., 19f.).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Barabbas, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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10 indexed usages in New Testament.
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G912.
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G912, grouped by book.
Barabbas (Strong's G912) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Barabbas". Barabbas (bar-ab-bas`) n/p. 1. son of Abba 2. Bar-abbas, an Israelite
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's G912 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G912 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as barabbas. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.