Gloss
non-Greek, foreign, barbarian; someone who speaks an unintelligible language
Forms of the word
Dictionary
βάρβαρος, ον
Greek transliteration
barbaros
Simplified transliteration
barbaros
Numbers
Strong's number
915
GK Number
975
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
6
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-3a
Definition
pr. one to whom a pure Greek dialect is not native; one who is not a proper Greek, a barbarian, Rom. 1:14; Col. 3:11; Acts 28:2, 4; a foreigner speaking a strange language, 1 Cor. 14:11*
Greek-English Concordance for βάρβαρος
| Acts 28:2 | The native (barbaroi | βάρβαροι | nom pl masc) people showed us no ordinary kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and because of the cold. |
| Acts 28:4 | When the native (barbaroi | βάρβαροι | nom pl masc) people (barbaroi | βάρβαροι | nom pl masc) saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “Certainly this man is a murderer, and though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.” |
| Romans 1:14 | I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians (barbarois | βαρβάροις | dat pl masc), to the wise as well as to the foolish. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:11 | But if I do not grasp the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner (barbaros | βάρβαρος | nom sg masc) to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner (barbaros | βάρβαρος | nom sg masc) to me. |
| Colossians 3:11 | Here there is no longer there is Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian (barbaros | βάρβαρος | nom sg masc), Scythian, slave and free, but Christ is all and in all. Christ |
