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GreekG0005Noun (Masculine)

ἀββά

abba

3Occurrences
G0005Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

father as a vocative

of Chaldee origin (H02);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
indecl. (Aram, אַבָּא, emphatic form of *אַב *= Heb. אָב, father), used in the phrase Ἀ. ὁ παήρ, Abba, Father (see Swete on Mk, I.with): .

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

ἀββά appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Galatians
1
Mark
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

Galatians 4:6BSB

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

Mark 14:36BSB

“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”

Romans 8:15BSB

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.