Abba in the Bible

Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 10/13/2026

What are the references to Abba in the Bible? God’s title of “Abba Father” is found referenced in the Bible three separate times, in the passages of Romans 8:15, Mark 14:36, and Galatians 4:6, which are all in the New Testament. Only two speakers mention these words in these passages: Jesus and the apostle Paul.

“Abba” is the defining term for father in the Aramaic language, spoken by Jesus and Paul as an informal term to describe their personal relationships with God. It is also a term of regard for bishops and elders within the Coptic, Syriac, and Ethiopian churches.

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2 Corinthians 11:14

14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

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Acts 1:1

1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach

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Acts 2:1

1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

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Acts 2:38

38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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Galatians 4:6

Thank GOD, our Heavenly Father!

6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”

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James 2:19

19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

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John 1:1

He is timeless and eternal! Amen?! - John 1:1

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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John 1:3

3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

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John 3:16

You Are Loved

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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John 4:24

24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

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John 10:36

36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?

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John 14:6

Your Daily Verse - John 14:6

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

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John 14:26

26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

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Luke 17:2

2 It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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Mark 14:36

36 “Abba,Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

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Matthew 1:23

Matthew 1:23

23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

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Revelation 1:8

8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

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Romans 8:15

We Cry Abba, Father

15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

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John 1:12-14

12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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