Acts 4:36

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἰωσῆς δέ, ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Βαρνάβᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων, (ὅ ἐστιν, μεθερμηνευόμενον, υἱὸς παρακλήσεως,) Λευΐτης, Κύπριος τῷ γένει,

Transliteration

Iōsēs de, the epiklētheis Barnabas by the apostolōn, (which is, methermēneuomenon, huios paraklēseōs,) Leuitēs, Kyprios in the genei,

Grammar Details

*Iōsēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - Joses
*de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
*epiklētheis*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been surnamed
*Barnabas*: nominative, masculine, singular - Barnabas
*apostolōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - apostles
*methermēneuomenon*: present passive participle, nominative, neuter, singular - being translated/interpreted
*huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - son
*paraklēseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - consolation/encouragement
*Leuitēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - Levite
*Kyprios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Cypriot
*genei*: dative, neuter, singular - birth/origin/race

Word Meanings

*epiklētheis*: having been surnamed/called/named
*methermēneuomenon*: being translated/interpreted
*paraklēseōs*: consolation/encouragement/exhortation
*genei*: by birth/descent/origin/race

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 9:6 : 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
Gal 2:1 : 1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
Gal 2:9 : 9 And when James , Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
Gal 2:13 : 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
Acts 15:39 : 39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
Acts 21:16 : 16 {G1161} There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
Mark 3:17 : 17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
Acts 11:30 : 30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 12:25-13:1 : 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark. 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 15:2 : 2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
Acts 15:12 : 12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
Acts 15:37 : 37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
Acts 9:27 : 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 11:19-20 : 19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. 20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:22-25 : 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. 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. 24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord. 25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:

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