Barsabas, Barsabbas

A biblical last name. Barsabas means “son of Saba” in Aramaic. Barsabbas, “son of the Sabbath,” is the used as the spelling in modern translations. Two people in the New Testament have this last name: Joseph Barsabbas and Judas Barsabbas (Acts 1:23; 15:22).

See Joseph #12; Judas #6.