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However, the idea of foreigners or non-Israelites can be seen in terms like "גּוֹי" (goy, Strong's H1471), meaning "nation" or "people."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "barbaros" is used to describe someone who is a foreigner or non-Greek, often implying someone who does not speak Greek or is outside the Greco-Roman cultural sphere. The term can carry a connotation of being uncivilized or culturally different, but it is not necessarily derogatory in all contexts.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, "barbaros" was used to describe those who did not speak Greek and were considered outsiders to the Hellenistic world. The Greeks viewed their language and culture as superior, and those who did not share in it were often seen as "barbarians." This term was later adopted by the Romans to describe non-Roman peoples. In the New Testament context, it reflects the cultural divisions of the time, particularly between Jews, Greeks, and other ethnic groups.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>915</b> <i>bárbaros</i> – properly, a barbarian; generically, anyone "lacking culture" (an "uncivilized" person, cf. Ro 1:14). <a href="/greek/915.htm">915</a> (<i>bárbaros</i>) is specifically used for all <i>non-Greeks</i> (<i>non-Hellenists</i>), i.e. anyone not adopting the Greek language (culture); a non-<i>Hellēn</i>.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain origin, but probably onomatop. for unintelligible sounds<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>barbarous, barbarian<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>barbarian (3), barbarians (1), natives (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 915: βάρβαρος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">βάρβαρος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">βαρβαρον</span>; <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> properly, <span class="accented">one whose speech is rude, rough, harsh,</span> as if repeating the syllables <span class="greek2">βαρβαρ</span> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Strabo</span> 14, 2, 28, p. 662; <span class="greek2">ὠνοματοπεποίηται</span> <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">λέξις</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Etym. Magn.</span> (188, 11 (but Gaisf. reads <span class="greek2">βραγχός</span> for <span class="greek2">βάρβαρος</span>); cf. <span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, § 394; <span class="abbreviation">Vanicek</span>, p. 561)); hence, <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">one who speaks a foreign or strange language which is not understood by another</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> 2, 158 <span class="greek2">βαρβάρους</span> <span class="greek2">πάντας</span> <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">Αἰγύπτιοι</span> <span class="greek2">καλεουσι</span> <span class="greek2">τούς</span> <span class="greek2">μή</span> <span class="greek2">σφισι</span> <span class="greek2">ὁμογλωσσους</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Ovid</span>. trist. 5, 10, 37<span class="latin">barbarus</span><span class="latin">hic</span><span class="latin">ego</span><span class="latin">sum</span>,<span class="latin">quia</span><span class="latin">non</span><span class="latin">intelligor</span><span class="latin">ulli</span>); so <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-11.htm">1 Corinthians 14:11</a>. <p><span class="textheading">3.</span> The Greeks used <span class="greek2">βάρβαρος</span> of <span class="accented">any foreigner ignorant of the Greek language and the Greek culture, whether mental or moral,</span> 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 <a href="/interlinear/acts/28-2.htm">Acts 28:2, 4</a>, to the inhabitants of Malta (i. e. <span class="greek2">Μελίτη</span>, which see), who were of Phoenician or Punic origin; and to those nations that had, indeed, some refinement of manners, but not the opportunity of becoming Christians, as the Scythians, <a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-11.htm">Colossians 3:11</a> (but cf. <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span> at the passage). But the phrase <span class="greek2">Ἕλληνες</span> <span class="greek2">τέ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">βάρβαροι</span> forms also a periphrasis for <span class="accented">all peoples,</span> or indicates their diversity yet without reproach to foreigners (<span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, Theact., p. 175{a}; <span class="abbreviation">Isocrates</span>, Euag c. 17, p. 192b.; <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 4, 2, 1 and in other writings); so in <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-14.htm">Romans 1:14</a>. (In <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span> de Abr. § 45 under the end of all nations not Jews. <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">b. j.</span> prooem. I reckons the Jews among barbarians.) Cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 2:21, p. 61; (<span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span> on Col. as above; <span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span> under the word <REFERENCE_WORK:Smith's Bible Dictionary><TOPIC:Barbarian>).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>barbarian. <p>Of uncertain derivation; a foreigner (i.e. Non-Greek) -- barbarian(-rous). <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>βαρβαροι βάρβαροι βαρβαροις βαρβάροις βαρβαρος βάρβαρος βαρβάρου βαρβάρων barbaroi bárbaroi barbarois barbárois barbaros bárbaros<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/28-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 28:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural">Adj-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/28.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οἵ τε <b>βάρβαροι</b> παρεῖχον οὐ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">The natives</span> showed us extraordinary<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And <span class="itali">the barbarous people</span> shewed us<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/28-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and <span class="itali">[the] natives</span> showed not [just]<p><b><a href="/text/acts/28-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 28:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural">Adj-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/28.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἶδον οἱ <b>βάρβαροι</b> κρεμάμενον τὸ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> When <span class="itali">the natives</span> saw the creature<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> when <span class="itali">the barbarians</span> saw<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/28-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> saw the <span class="itali">natives</span> hanging the<p><b><a href="/text/romans/1-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 1:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural">Adj-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τε καὶ <b>βαρβάροις</b> σοφοῖς τε</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to Greeks <span class="itali">and to barbarians,</span> both<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">to the Barbarians;</span> both<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> both and <span class="itali">barbarians</span> to wise both<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/14-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 14:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular">Adj-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τῷ λαλοῦντι <b>βάρβαρος</b> καὶ ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I will be to the one who speaks <span class="itali">a barbarian,</span> and the one who speaks<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto him that speaketh <span class="itali">a barbarian,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to him that speaks <span class="itali">a barbarian</span> and he that<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/14-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 14:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular">Adj-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν ἐμοὶ <b>βάρβαρος</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the one who speaks <span class="itali">will be a barbarian</span> to me.<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he that speaketh <span class="itali">[shall be] a barbarian</span> unto<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for me <span class="itali">a barbarian</span><p><b><a href="/text/colossians/3-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Colossians 3:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular">Adj-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἀκροβυστία <b>βάρβαρος</b> Σκύθης δοῦλος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/colossians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and uncircumcised, <span class="itali">barbarian,</span> Scythian,<br><a href="/kjvs/colossians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> uncircumcision, <span class="itali">Barbarian,</span> Scythian,<br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and uncircumcision <span class="itali">barbarian</span> Scythian slave<p><b><a href="/greek/915.htm">Strong's Greek 915</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_915.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/barbaroi_915.htm">βάρβαροι — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/barbarois_915.htm">βαρβάροις — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/barbaros_915.htm">βάρβαρος — 3 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/914.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="914"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="914" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/916.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="916"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="916" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>