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Av (Hebrew: אָב, Standard Av Tiberian ʾĀḇ Aramaic אבא Abba; related to Akkadian abu; "father"; plural: Hebrew: אבות Avot or Abot) means "father" in Hebrew. The exact meaning of the element ab (אב) or abi (אבי) in Hebrew personal names (such as Ab-ram, Ab-i-ram, Ah-ab, Jo-ab) is a matter of dispute.
Abba is a form of ab, meaning "father" in many Semitic languages. It is used as a given name, but was also used as a title or honorific for religious scholars or leaders. [ 1 ] ( The word abbot has the same root.)
Abba Agathon was an Egyptian Orthodox Christian monk and saint who lived around the 4th century in Scetis, Lower Egypt and was known for his meekness and discernment. [1] He was a disciple of Abba Lot and Abba Poemen and a contemporary of notable Desert Fathers Amun , Macarius , Joseph and Peter.
The word is derived from the Aramaic av meaning "father" or abba, meaning "my father" (it still has this meaning in contemporary Hebrew: אבא and Aramaic: ܐܒܐ) In the Septuagint, it was written as "abbas". [2] At first it was employed as a respectful title for any monk, but it was soon restricted by canon law to certain priestly superiors.
The essential uses of the name of God the Father in the New Testament are Theos (θεός the Greek term for God), Kyrios (i.e. Lord in Greek) and Patēr (πατήρ i.e. Father in Greek). [1] [15] The Aramaic word "Abba" (אבא), meaning "Father" is used by Jesus in Mark 14:36 and also appears in Romans 8:15 and Galatians 4:6. [23]
And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." Abba , an originally Aramaic form borrowed into the Greek Old Testament as a name (2Chr 29:1) [standing for the Hebrew Abijah ( אביה )], common in Mishnaic Hebrew and still used in Modern Hebrew [ 33 ] (written Αββά[ς] in Greek, and ’abbā in Aramaic), is immediately followed by the Greek ...
Abba Solomon Meir Eban [1] (/ ... Alida Sacks, was an aunt of Oliver Sacks, while his father, Avram ... he changed his name to the Hebrew word Abba, meaning "Father". [2]
Coptic has a number of compound names, made by combining ⲁⲡⲁ, a Coptic rendering of the Greek word ἀββα (abba, “abba, father”), with a personal name of a saint or a martyr, whose honorific title "abba" became a part of his name (i.e. St. Abadir, St. Abamun, St. Abanub). [4]