- Transliteration: Barnabas

- Phonetic: bar-nab'-as

- Definition: Barnabas = "son of rest"

1. the surname of Joses or Joseph, a Levite, a native of Cyprus He was a distinguished Christian teacher and companion and colleague of Paul.

- Origin: of Aramaic origin H1247" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1247 and H5029" class="dictionary-topic-link">H5029

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: Of Chaldee origin [H1247" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1247] and [H5029" class="dictionary-topic-link">H5029]; son of Nabas (that is prophecy); Barnabas an Israelite: - Barnabas.