ἈββᾶAbbâ
used in the phrase Ἀ.
Greek (New Testament) · G5
Meanings
ὁ πατήρ, Abba, Father (see Swete on Mark 14:36): Mark 14:36, Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Mark 14:36 “Abba, Father,” he cried out, “everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
- Romans 8:15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
- Galatians 4:6 And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.