Abba

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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."
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Abba, father