Abba (given name)
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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. (The word abbot
has the same root.)
It also seems to be a shortened form of the name Abraham
.
Semitic
In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic was first used to refer to a language family of largely Middle Eastern origin, now called the Semitic languages...
languages. It is used as a given name, but was also used as a title or honorific for religious scholars or leaders. (The word abbot
Abbot
The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
has the same root.)
It also seems to be a shortened form of the name Abraham
Abraham (name)
This is a list of people named after Abraham, the Biblical patriarch ; the father of the Abrahamic Religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam:...
.
Persons with the given name Abba, or who are known by that title
- Abba (count)Abba (count)Abba or Alfbad was a Frisian count who ruled in the 8th century. In the name of the Frankish king Pepin the short he governed the territory of Oostergo in the present day province of Friesland, Netherlands.-History:...
, a Frisian count - Abba of AcreAbba of AcreAbba of Acre , was an amora from Acre who flourished at the end of the 3rd century.He was greatly respected by Rabbi Abbahu and praised as an example of modesty.- References : Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography: Bacher, Ag. Pal. Amor. iii.526....
(3rd century), Jewish religious scholar - Abba AhimeirAbba AhimeirAbba Ahimeir was a Jewish journalist, historian and political activist. One of the ideologues of Revisionist Zionism, he was the founder of the Revisionist Maximalist faction of the Zionist Revisionist Movement and of the clandestine Brit HaBirionim....
(1897-1962), Russian Jewish journalist, historian, and Zionist - Abba ArikaAbba ArikaAbba Arika was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the 3rd century who established at Sura the systematic study of the rabbinic traditions, which, using the Mishnah as text, led to the compilation of the Talmud...
(175-247), Jewish/Babylonian religious scholar - Abba bar AbbaAbba bar AbbaAbba bar Abba or 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...
(2nd-3rd century), Jewish/Babylonian religious scholar - Abba bar ZabdaiAbba bar ZabdaiAbba bar Zabdai was a Palestinian amora who flourished in the 3rd century. He studied in Babylonia, attending the lectures of Rab and Rav Huna, and subsequently settled at Tiberias, where he occupied a respected position by the side of Rav Ammi and Assi. Mention is made of his custom of saying...
(3rd century), Jewish/Palestinian religious scholar - Abba ben Joseph bar Ḥama (270-350), Jewish/Babylonian religious scholar known in the TalmudTalmudThe Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
as RavaRava (amora)For the third generation Amora sage of Babylon, with a similar name, see: Joseph b. Hama .Abba ben Joseph bar Ḥama, who is exclusively referred to in the Talmud by the name Rava , was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora, born in 270. He is one of the most often-cited Rabbis... - Abba Mordechai BermanAbba BermanRabbi Abba Mordechai Berman was a renowned Talmudist and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Iyun HaTalmud.Reb Abba was born on Tu BiShvat 5679 in Lodz, Poland to his father, Rabbi Shaul Yosef Berman, rosh yeshiva of Toras Chesed in Lodz and a student of the Chofetz Chayim. As a young child, Reb Abba's...
(1919-2005), Polish Jewish rabbi and religious scholar - Abba Bok'aAbba Bok'aMoti Abba Bok'a was king of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma . He was the son of Abba Magal, and brother of Abba Jifar I.Because the son of his nephew, Moti Abba Rebu, was an infant when he was killed, Abba Bok'a was made king...
(died 1862), a ruler of the Kingdom of JimmaKingdom of JimmaThe Kingdom of Jimma was one of the kingdoms in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 19th century. It shared its western border with Limmu-Ennarea, its eastern border with the Sidamo kingdom of Janjero, and was separated from the Kingdom of Kaffa to the south by the Gojeb River. Jimma...
in what is today southwestern EthiopiaEthiopiaEthiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2... - Abba EbanAbba EbanAbba Eban was an Israeli diplomat and politician.In his career he was Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister, Education Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations...
(1915–2002), an Israeli diplomat and politician - Abba Gerasimus (5th century), LycianLyciaLycia Lycian: Trm̃mis; ) was a region in Anatolia in what are now the provinces of Antalya and Muğla on the southern coast of Turkey. It was a federation of ancient cities in the region and later a province of the Roman Empire...
Christian monk and abbot revered as a saintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth... - Abba GindinAbba GindinAbraham "Abba" Gindin is a former Israeli professional football player.-Early life:Gindin was born and raised in Finland and grew up playing Ice hockey and football for Maccabi Helsinki. At the age of 18, he left Finland for his sister's wedding, who was living on kibbutz Ein...
(b. 1946), Finnish/Israeli ice hockey player - Abba GomolAbba GomolMoti Abba Gomol was a King of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma .-Reign:Abba Gomol was the son of Abba Bok'a and a woman from the Busase family of the Kingdom of Kaffa....
, ruler of the Kingdom of JimmaKingdom of JimmaThe Kingdom of Jimma was one of the kingdoms in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 19th century. It shared its western border with Limmu-Ennarea, its eastern border with the Sidamo kingdom of Janjero, and was separated from the Kingdom of Kaffa to the south by the Gojeb River. Jimma...
1862-78; son of Abba Bok'a - Abba HabibAbba HabibAbba Habib was a Nigerian politician who was general secretary of the Northern People's Congress and later became a regional minister for Trade in the First Republic.He was a Shuwa Arab from Dikwa...
, Nigerian politician - Abba HilkiahAbba HilkiahAbba Hilkiah was a tannaic sage, and a grandson of Honi ha-M'agel. The Talmud cites him as exceptionally scrupulous in his work and behavior....
(1st century), Jewish Hasidic sage - Abba HushiAbba HushiAbba Hushi was an Israeli politician who served as mayor of Haifa for eighteen years between 1951 to 1969. Hushi was one of the founders and activists of Hashomer Hatzair movement in Poland. In July 1920, he immigrated to Palestine with a group of 130 Jewish pioneers. In Palestine, he took the...
(1898-1969), Israeli politician - Abba Jifar IAbba Jifar IMoti Abba Jifar I was the first king of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma .-Reign:Abba Jifar was the son of Abba Magal, who was a leader of the Diggo Oromo. He built upon the political and military base his father had provided him, and created the Kingdom of Jimma...
(ruled 1830 - c. 1855) and Abba Jifar IIAbba Jifar IIMoti Abba Jifar II was King of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma .-Reign:Abba Jifar II was the son of Abba Gomol and Queen Gumiti...
(ruled 1878-1932), kings of the Kingdom of JimmaKingdom of JimmaThe Kingdom of Jimma was one of the kingdoms in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 19th century. It shared its western border with Limmu-Ennarea, its eastern border with the Sidamo kingdom of Janjero, and was separated from the Kingdom of Kaffa to the south by the Gojeb River. Jimma... - Abba JofirAbba JofirMoti Abba Jofir Abba Dula was king of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma . He was the grandson of Abba Jifar II.When Abba Jifar II grew senile in his later years, Abba Jofir attempted to seize the throne of the Kingdom of Jimma...
, Ethiopian aristocrat briefly (1932) king of the Kingdom of JimmaKingdom of JimmaThe Kingdom of Jimma was one of the kingdoms in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 19th century. It shared its western border with Limmu-Ennarea, its eastern border with the Sidamo kingdom of Janjero, and was separated from the Kingdom of Kaffa to the south by the Gojeb River. Jimma... - Abba Jose ben HananAbba Jose ben HananAbba Jose ben Hanan or Abba Jose ben Hanin was a tanna who lived in Judea during the 1st century CE. His career spanned the last decades before the destruction of the Second Temple and was a contemporary of Eliezer ben Jacob and of Hanina ben Antigonus, with both of whom he is mentioned in a...
(1st century), Jewish sage and tannaTannaimThe Tannaim were the Rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approximately 70-200 CE. The period of the Tannaim, also referred to as the Mishnaic period, lasted about 130 years... - Abba KovnerAbba KovnerAbba Kovner was a Lithuanian Jewish Hebrew poet, writer, and partisan leader. He became one of the great poets of modern Israel. He was a cousin of the Israeli Communist Party leader Meir Vilner.-Biography:...
(1918-1987), Lithuanian Jewish/Israeli poet, writer, and partisan leader - Abba KyariAbba KyariBrigadier Abba Kyari was the first Governor of North-Central State, Nigeria after it had been formed from part of Northern Region during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon.-Background:...
(b. 1938), Nigerian military officer, governor, and business leader - Abba P. LernerAbba P. LernerAbba Ptachya Lerner was an American economist.Lerner was born on October 28, 1903 in Bessarabia . He grew up in a Jewish family, which emigrated to Great Britain when Lerner was three years old. Lerner grew up in the London East End. From the age of sixteen he worked as a machinist, a teacher in...
(1903–1982), an American economist - Abba MagalAbba MagalAbba Magal was a leader of the Diggo Oromo, and the father of Abba Jifar I.Previously, the Diggo, based in the area of Mana, had conquered the nearby town of Hirmata that was home to the Lalo people. This victory gave Abba Magal enough wealth to compete with the dominant Oromo clan in Jimma, the...
(c. 1800), OromoOromoThe Oromo are an ethnic group found in Ethiopia, northern Kenya, .and parts of Somalia. With 30 million members, they constitute the single largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and approximately 34.49% of the population according to the 2007 census...
leader, father of Abba Jifar I, founder of the Kingdom of JimmaKingdom of JimmaThe Kingdom of Jimma was one of the kingdoms in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 19th century. It shared its western border with Limmu-Ennarea, its eastern border with the Sidamo kingdom of Janjero, and was separated from the Kingdom of Kaffa to the south by the Gojeb River. Jimma... - Abba MariAbba MariAbba 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 Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph, was a Provençal rabbi, born at Lunel, near Montpellier, towards the end of the 13th century. He...
(13th-14th century), French/Jewish rabbi - Abba Mari ben Simson AnatoliJacob AnatoliJacob ben Abba Mari ben Simson Anatoli was a translator of Arabic texts to Hebrew. He was invited to Naples by Frederick II. Under this royal patronage, and in association with Michael Scot, Anatoli made Arabic learning accessible to Western readers...
(c. 1194-1256), a French/Jewish scholar and translator of Arabic texts - Abba Musa RimiAbba Musa RimiAbba Musa Rimi is a Nigerian politician who was elected Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Nigeria in October 1979 during the Nigerian Second Republic, becoming acting Governor when the Governor Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa was impeached on 23 June 1981....
(b. 1940), Nigerian politician, governor of Kaduna StateKaduna State-History:The state is the successor to the old Northern Region of Nigeria, which had its capital at Kaduna. In 1967 this was split up into six states, one of which was the North-Central State, whose name was changed to Kaduna State in 1976. This was further divided in 1987, losing the area now part... - Abba Hillel SilverAbba Hillel SilverAbba Hillel Silver was a U.S. Rabbi and Zionist leader. He was a key figure in the mobilization of American support for the founding of the State of Israel.-Biography:...
(1893–1963), U.S. Rabbi and Zionist leader - Raba (Rabbah) Bar JeremiahRaba Bar JeremiahAbba or Raba Bar Jeremiah was Babylonian amora of the third century, the son of Jeremiah b. Abba and a pupil of Rab. He lived at Sura and transmitted to his generation the sayings of Rab and Samuel...
(Also called "Abba"), a Jewish Talmudist