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Bar⋅na⋅bas

  [bahr-nuh-buhs]
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–noun
the surname of the Cyprian Levite Joseph, a companion of Paul on his first missionary journey. Acts 4:36, 37.
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Barnabas 
surname of Joseph the Levite of Cyprus (Acts iv.36), lit. "son of exhortation," from Aramaic bar "son" + nabha "prophecy, exhortation." St. Barnabas' Day (colloquially St. Barnaby), June 11, in Old Style was reckoned the longest day of the year.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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