Abba

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈæb.ə//
United Kingdom//æˈbɑ//
United States//ˈæb.ə//
United States//æˈbɑ//

Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers.

noun

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Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers.
And because yee are sonnes, God hath sent foorth the spirit of his Sonne into your hearts, crying Abba, Father.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin abba, from Ancient Greek ἀββα (abba), from Aramaic אבא/ܐܒܐ (ʼabbāʼ, “father”).

Forms

plural: Abbas

abandoned · Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked,…abandoning · An act by which something or someone is abandoned;…abba · Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and…

Abba · Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers.

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