Barbaros βάρβαρος
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| βάρβαρος | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | barbaros |
| Strong's number | G915 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | barbarian |
| Occurrences | 6 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Acts (2) |
Barbaros (Greek βάρβαρος, Strong's G915) is a Greek adjective meaning “barbarian”. It occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
βάρβαρος, -ον (prob. onomatop., descriptive of unintelligible sounds),
[in LXX: Ps 113 (114):1 (לעז), Eze.21:31 (36) (בּער), 2Ma.2:21 4:25 10:4, 3Ma.3:24 * ;]
barbarous, barbarian, strange to Greek language and culture (and also, after the Persian war, with the added sense of brutal, rude): Act.28:2, 4 Rom.1:14, 1Co.14:11, Col.3:11 (see Lft., in l., and Notes, 249).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Ps 113 (114):1 (לעז), Eze.21:31 (36) (בּער), 2Ma.2:21 4:25 10:4, 3Ma.3:24 * ;]
barbarous, barbarian, strange to Greek language and culture (and also, after the Persian war, with the added sense of brutal, rude): Act.28:2, 4 Rom.1:14, 1Co.14:11, Col.3:11 (see Lft., in l., and Notes, 249).†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | barbarian (3), barbarians (2), people (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | islanders (2), foreigner (2), non greeks (1), barbarian (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Barbaros, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Acts
- Acts 28:2And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
- Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
Romans
- Romans 1:14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians 14:11Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.
Colossians
- Colossians 3:11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).