Bible Names

Barnabas: meaning of the name

Barnabas means “son of the prophet, or of consolation.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Barnabas in Hebrew and Greek

Βαρνάβας G921

Barnábas — son of Nabas (i.e. prophecy); Barnabas, an Israelite

of Chaldee origin (H01247 and H05029);

Who named Barnabas in the Bible

Barnabas in Scripture

“Barnabas” appears in 28 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Acts 4:36

    And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

  • Acts 9:27

    But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

  • Acts 11:22

    Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.

  • Acts 11:25

    Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:

  • Acts 11:30

    Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

  • Acts 12:25

    And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

  • Acts 13:1

    Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

  • Acts 13:2

    As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.