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BAR. An Aramaic word for the Hebrew bēn,“son.” In the NT it is used as a prefix to the names of persons, e.g., Bar-Jonah, “son of Jonah” (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
Aramaic for the Hebrew ben, "son." Compare Aramaic sections of Ezra and Daniel. In the Old Testament the word is found three times in
See Ben.
(substantive):
(2) moT = "a staff," "stick," "pole" (
(3) badh = "staff," "part of body," "strength" (
(4) meTil = "something hammered out, a (forged) bar" (
Frank E. Hirsch