Abba (disambiguation) — ABBA is the name of a Swedish pop music group.Abba may also refer to: *Abba (father), a word for father in most Semitic languages *Abba, a word for father in Bengali and Dravidian languages * ABBA (album), a self titled album by the Swedish pop… … Wikipedia
Abba — • Aramaic word for father Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Abba Abba † Catholic Encyc … Catholic encyclopedia
Abba bar Abba — (father of Samuel) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the 2nd and 3rd centuries, distinguished for piety, benevolence, and learning. He is known chiefly through his son Samuel of Nehardea, principal of the Academy … Wikipedia
Abba — /ab euh/, n. (sometimes l.c.) 1. a title of reverence for bishops and patriarchs in the Coptic, Ethiopian Christian, and Syriac churches. 2. New Testament. an Aramaic word for father, used by Jesus and Paul to address God in a relation of… … Universalium
Abba — [ abə] noun 1》 (in the New Testament) God as father. 2》 (in the Syrian Orthodox and Coptic Churches) a title given to bishops and patriarchs. Origin via Gk from Aramaic abbā father … English new terms dictionary
Father — This word (from the Greek patēr, meaning father ) refers to the fact that Christianity, like many other religions, looks upon God as a Father. Jesus called God Abba (Father) and taught his disciples to pray to God as Our Father. (See CCC238… … Glossary of theological terms
Abba Yahiyya — or Abu Yahiyya leader of a sect of Alenzar (Nizariun Hagarenes) with an independent Ishmaili Sufi tradition of Herat in Afghanistan, was introduced to the west through Omar Michael Burke in his book Among the Dervishes in 1976. The traditions of… … Wikipedia
Abba — title of honor, from L. abba, from Gk. abba, from Aramaic abba the father, my father, emphatic of abh father … Etymology dictionary
Abba Mari — ben Moses ben Joseph, was a Provençal rabbi, born at Lunel, near Montpellier, towards the end of the 13th century. He is also known as Yarhi from his birthplace (Hebrew Yerah , i.e. moon, lune), and he further took the name Astruc, Don Astruc or… … Wikipedia
Abba Arika — (175–247) (Talmudic Aramaic: tm. אבא אריכא) (born Abba bar Aybo) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora (commentator on the Oral Law) of the 3rd century who established at Sura the systematic study of the rabbinic… … Wikipedia
