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Rapunzel and the Prince, an illustration by Paul Hey. Barbara is a given name used in numerous languages. It is the feminine form of the Greek word barbaros (Greek: βάρβαρος) meaning "stranger" or "foreign". [1]
Representation of Barabbas by James Tissot (1836–1902). Barabbas (/ b ə ˈ r æ b ə s /; Biblical Greek: Bαραββᾶς, romanized: Barabbās) [1] was, according to the New Testament, a prisoner who rebelled against the Roman occupying forces and who was chosen over Jesus by the crowd in Jerusalem to be pardoned and released by Roman governor Pontius Pilate at the Passover feast.
Barbara shrines in the German mines Schacht Konrad (left) and Schacht Asse II (right). In Germany, Barbarazweig is the custom of bringing branches into the house on December 4 to bloom on Christmas. [33] Saint Barbara is revered as a patron saint of miners and in extension, the geosciences in general, including the tunneling industry.
Based on archaeological findings, different biblical scholars have argued that Deborah's war with Sisera best fits the context of either the second half of the 12th century BC [16] or the second half of the 11th century BC. [17] Sisera is a non-Semitic name, and the story is set "in the days of Shamgar," a hero famous for killing 600 Philistines.
A barbarous name (Latin: nomen barbarum; pl. nomina barbara) is a meaningless (or seemingly meaningless) word used in magic rituals. The term barbarous comes from the Greek barbaroi (Ancient Greek: βάρβαροι), meaning one to whom a pure Greek dialect is not native; one who is not a proper Greek, . Often these names were derived from ...
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Basya or Basia is a feminine given name of multiple origins. It may be a Polish and Russian diminutive of the name Barbara, commonly spelled as Basia.. As a Jewish name, particularly in Yiddish, diminutive of the biblical name Bathsheba or a variant of the biblical name of the unnamed Pharaoh's daughter who was later given various names including Batya.