Definition
βάρβαρος, -ον (prob. onomatop., descriptive of unintelligible sounds),
[in LXX: Psalm 114:1 (לעז), Ezekiel 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): Acts 28:2, 4 Romans 1:14, 1 Corinthians 14:11, Colossians 3:11 (see Lft., in l., and Notes, 249).
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as βάρβαρος:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- Acts 28:2βάρβαροι · islandersThe islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
- Acts 28:4βάρβαροι · islandersWhen 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 1:14Βαρβάροις · non-GreeksI am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
- 1 Corinthians 14:11βάρβαρος · a foreigner; βάρβαρος · a foreignerIf, 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 3:11βάρβαρος · barbarianHere there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.