G915

βάρβαρος 

Transliteration

barbaros;

Pronunciation

bar'-bar-os

Parts of Speech

adj

Root Word (Etymology)

of uncertain derivation

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: TDNT 1:546

KJV Translation Count — 6x

The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: barbarian (5), barbarous (1)

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

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

Concordance Results Using KJV

And the G915 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.

KJV

And when the G915s 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.

KJV

I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the G915s; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

KJV

Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a G915, and he that speaketh shall be a G915 unto me.

KJV

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, G915, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

KJV