Editing Barnabas (section)

== Name and etymologies ==
His [[Greeks|Hellenic]] [[Jewish]] parents called him Joseph (although the [[Byzantine text-type]] calls him {{lang|grc|Ἰωσῆς}}, {{transliteration|grc|Iōsēs}}, 'Joses', a [[Ancient Greek language|Greek]] variant of 'Joseph'),<ref name=toy>{{Jewish Encyclopedia |no-prescript=1 |wstitle=Barnabas, Joses}}</ref> but when recounting the story of how he sold his land and gave the money to the apostles in [[Jerusalem]], the [[Book of Acts]] says the apostles called him Barnabas. (The "s" at the end is the Greek nominative case ending, and it is not present in the Aramaic form.) The Greek text of [[Acts 4:36]] explains the name as {{lang|grc|υἱὸς παρακλήσεως}}, {{transliteration|grc|hyios paraklēseōs}}, meaning "son of encouragement" or "son of comforter". One theory is that this is from the [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] {{lang|arc|בר נחמה}}, {{transliteration|sem|bar neḥmā}}, meaning 'son (of) prophet'. Another is that it is related to the Hebrew word {{transliteration|he|nabī}} ({{lang|he|נביא}}, Aramaic {{transliteration|arc|nebī}}) meaning "prophet".{{sfn|Stern|1992|p=235–236}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Barnabas |url=https://biblehub.com/greek/921.htm |website=BibleHub |access-date=2019-03-06 |archive-date=2019-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306175229/https://biblehub.com/greek/921.htm |url-status=live }} Gives Thayer's Greek 
Lexicon and [[Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible]].</ref> In the [[Syriac Bible]], the phrase "son of prophet" is translated {{transliteration|syc|bara dbuya'a}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Acts 4 |url=https://biblehub.com/pes/acts/4.htm |website=BibleHub |access-date=2019-03-06 |archive-date=2019-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306181015/https://biblehub.com/pes/acts/4.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>