Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abba"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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