Barabbas

Translation of "barabbas" into Russian

Proper noun

Barabbas

Name of a specific biblical person; treated as a proper noun.

The crowd chose to release Barabbas instead of Jesus.

Толпа выбрала освободить Варавву вместо Иисуса.

Noun

Any villain or wrongdoer who is freed or favored in place of a more deserving person.

The tabloids hailed the corrupt tycoon as a hero—another of society’s Barabbases let off the hook.

Proper noun

The prisoner mentioned in the New Testament whom Pontius Pilate released at the crowd’s request instead of Jesus Christ.

According to the Gospels, Pilate offered the crowd a choice between Jesus and Barabbas.