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Lexicon :: Strong's G915 - barbaros

Aa
βάρβαρος
Transliteration
barbaros (Key)
Pronunciation
bar'-bar-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:546,94

Strong’s Definitions

βάρβαρος bárbaros, bar'-bar-os; of uncertain derivation; a foreigner (i.e. non-Greek):—barbarian(-rous).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G915 in the following manner: barbarian (5x), barbarous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G915 in the following manner: barbarian (5x), barbarous (1x).

  1. one whose speech is rude, rough and harsh

  2. one who speaks a foreign or strange language which is not understood by another

  3. used by the Greeks of any foreigner ignorant of the Greek language, whether mental or moral, with the added notion after the Persian war, of rudeness and brutality. The word is used in the N.T. without the idea of reproachfulness.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βάρβαρος bárbaros, bar'-bar-os; of uncertain derivation; a foreigner (i.e. non-Greek):—barbarian(-rous).
STRONGS G915:
βάρβαρος, -ον;
1. properly, one whose speech is rude, rough, harsh, as if repeating the syllables βαρβάρ (cf. Strabo 14, 2, 28, p. 662; ὠνοματοπεποίηται ἡ λέξις, Etym. Magn. [188, 11 (but Gaisf. reads βράγχος for βάρβαρος); cf. Curtius, § 394; Vanicek, p. 561]); hence,
2. one who speaks a foreign or strange language which is not understood by another (Herodotus 2, 158 βαρβάρους πάντας οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι καλέουσι τοὺς μὴ σφίσι ὁμογλώσσους, Ovid. trist. 5, 10, 37 barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intelligor ulli); so 1 Corinthians 14:11.
3. The Greeks used βάρβαρος of any foreigner ignorant of the Greek language and the Greek culture, whether mental or moral, with the added notion, after the Persian war, of rudeness and brutality. Hence, the word is applied in the N. T., but not reproachfully, in Acts 28:2, 4, to the inhabitants of Malta [i. e. Μελίτη, which see], who were of Phœnician or Punic origin; and to those nations that had, indeed, some refinement of manners, but not the opportunity of becoming Christians, as the Scythians, Colossians 3:11 [but cf. Bp. Lightfoot at the passage]. But the phrase Ἕλληνές τε καὶ βάρβαροι forms also a periphrasis for all peoples, or indicates their diversity yet without reproach to foreigners (Plato, Theaet., p. 175 a.; Isocrates, Euag c. 17, p. 192 b.; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 2, 1 and in other writings); so in Romans 1:14. (In Philo de Abr. § 45 under the end of all nations not Jews. Josephus, b. j. prooem. 1 reckons the Jews among barbarians.) Cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 2:21, p. 61; [Bp. Lightfoot on Col. as above; B. D. under the word Barbarian].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Corinthians
14:11
Acts
28:2; 28:4
Romans
1:14
Colossians
3:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G915 matches the Greek βάρβαρος (barbaros),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:2 - The [fn]natives G915 showed G3930 us extraordinary G5177 kindness; G5363 for because G1223 of the rain G5205 that had set G2186 in and because G1223 of the cold, G5592 they kindled G681 a fire G4443 and received G4355 us all. G3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:4 - When G5613 the [fn]natives G915 saw G3708 the creature G2342 hanging G2910 from his hand, G5495 they began saying G3004 to one G240 another, G240 “Undoubtedly G3843 this G3778 man G444 is a murderer, G5406 and though he has been saved G1295 from the sea, G2281 [fn]justice G1349 has not allowed G1439 him to live.” G2198

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:14 - I am G1510 [fn]under G3781 obligation G3781 both G5037 to Greeks G1672 and to barbarians, G915 both G5037 to the wise G4680 and to the foolish. G453

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:11 - If G1437 then G3767 I do not know G6063 the meaning G1411 of the language, G5456 I will be to the one who speaks G2980 a [fn]barbarian, G915 and the one who speaks G2980 will be a [fn]barbarian G915 [fn]to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - a renewal in which G3699 there G1762 is no G3756 distinction between Greek G1672 and Jew, G2453 circumcised G4061 and uncircumcised, G203 [fn]barbarian, G915 Scythian, G4658 slave G1401 and freeman, G1658 but Christ G5547 is all, G3956 and in all. G3956
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