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Abba : \Ab"ba\ ([a^]b"b[.a]), n. [Syriac abb[=a] father. See
Abbot.]
Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and
Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the
bishops to the patriarch.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Abba : This Syriac or Chaldee word is found three times in the New
Testament (Mark 14:36; Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:6), and in each case is
followed by its Greek equivalent, which is translated "father."
It is a term expressing warm affection and filial confidence. It
has no perfect equivalent in our language. It has passed into
European languages as an ecclesiastical term, "abbot."
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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Abba, father
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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