Given name
Bar-Jesus
“son of Joshua/Jesus”·“son of Yah who saves”
Bar-Jesus is a biblical masculine given name, meaning “son of Joshua/Jesus.”
Original GreekΒαριησους
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Bar-Jesus means “son of Joshua/Jesus” or “son of Yah who saves.”
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Where it comes from
Bar-Jesus is a biblical name from Greek.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yasha' (ישע), “to save.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Bar-Jesus appears in Acts 13:6.
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Bar-Jesus’s family of names
See also 14
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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