barrabás — meaning in English
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English meaning
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Barabbas
name In the New Testament, a prisoner released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus at the Passover feast.
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scoundrel
noun A dishonest or unprincipled person; a rogue or villain.
Senses
barrabás is used for these senses in English:
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Barabbas
(Christianity) In the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus.
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scoundrel
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.
