Barnabas
noun
- a masculine name: dim. Barney; var. Barnaby
- Bible (original name Joses or Joseph) a Levite of Cyprus, a Christian apostle & missionary companion of Paul: Acts 4:36
See Barnabas in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bärˈnə-bəs), Saint. Originally Joses or Joseph the Levite. fl. first century A.D.
Christian convert and missionary with Saint Paul to Cyprus and Asia Minor.
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