Lexical Definition
βάρβαρος bárbaros (bar'-bar-os) barbarian G:A
of uncertain derivation
barbarian(-rous).
- a foreigner (i.e. non-Greek)
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| βαρβάρων | of barbaric | LXX.Ezek.21.31 |
| βαρβάρου | a barbaric | LXX.Ps.114.1 |
| βαρβάροισ | to barbarians | Rom.1.14 |
| βάρβαροσ | Barbarian | Col.3.11 |
| a foreigner | 1Cor.14.11 • 1Cor.14.11 | |
| βάρβαροι | natives | Acts.28.4 |
| the natives | Acts.28.2 |
Abbott-Smith
βάρβαρος, -ον (prob. onomatop., descriptive of unintelligible sounds), [in LXX: Ps 113 (114):1* (לעז), Ez 21:31* (36*) (בּער), II Mac 2:21 4:25 10:4, III Mac 3:24*;]
barbarous, barbarian, strange to Greek language and culture (and also, after the Persian war, with the added sense of brutal, rude): Ac 28:2, 4, Ro 1:14, I Co 14:11, Col 3:11 (v. Lft., in l., and Notes, 249).†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Psalms | 114:1* |
| Ezekiel | 21:31* · 21:36* |
| Acts | 28:2 · 28:4 |
| Romans | 1:14 |
| 1 Corinthians | 14:11 |
| Colossians | 3:11 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
βάρβαρος, ον,
barbarous, i.e. non-Greek, foreign, not in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially as substantive βάρβαροι, οἱ, originally all non-Greek-speaking peoples, then specially of the Medes and Persians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. πόλεμον war with the barbarians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ βάρβαρος (i.e. γῆ), opposed to αἱ Ἑλληνίδες πόλεις, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb -ρως, opposed to Ἑλληνικῶς,[Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__2 especially of language, φωνὴ β. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συλλραφαί[Refs 4th c.BC+]; of birds, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, βαρβάρως, ὠνόμασται have foreign names, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 Grammars, of bad Greek, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ β., of style, opposed to Ἑλληνικόν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II after the Persian war, brutal, rude, ἀμαθὴς καὶ β. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ώτερος[Refs 5th c.BC+] Eph.2.4: superlative, πάντων βαρβαρώτατος θεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III used by Jews of Greeks, [LXX]
__IV name for various plasters, [Refs 1st c.BC+]