Bible Names

Barsabas: meaning of the name

Barsabas means “son of return; son of rest.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Barsabas in Hebrew and Greek

Βαρσαβᾶς G923

Barsabâs — son of Sabas (or Tsaba); Bar-sabas, the name of two Israelites

of Chaldee origin (H01247 and probably H06634);

Who named Barsabas in the Bible

Barsabas in Scripture

“Barsabas” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Acts 1:23

    And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

  • Acts 15:22

    Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: