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Definition of: Barnabas
(bär′nə·bəs; Dan., Du., Ger., Lat. bär′nä·bäs)
A masculine personal name. Also Bar·na·by (bä r′nə·bē), Fr. Bar·na·bé (bár·nà·bā′), Ital. Bar·na·ba (bär′nä·bä) or Bar·na (bär′nä), Pg. Bar·na·be (bä r′nə·bā). [<Hebrew, son of consolation] Barnabas, Saint
(properly Joses) First century Christian apostle; reputed author of an apocryphal gospel and epistle.
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