A name from Scripture
Barnabas
BAR-nuh-bus
Meaning
Son of encouragement
Aramaic origin · Boy · First in Acts
What it points to
Barnabas' name calls us to be encouragers. His life shows that believing in people — especially those others have written off — can unleash extraordinary potential for God's kingdom.
Verses · King James Version
“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.”
Acts 4:36
“For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.”
Acts 11:24