adjective

barbaros

Greekβάρβαρος (barbaros)

Strong’sG915

a foreigner who speaks neither Greek nor Latin

stem barbar-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

foreigner2×natives2×barbarian1×barbarians1×

What it means

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).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G915 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbar'-bar-os

a foreigner (i.e. non-Greek)

Fromof uncertain derivation;

King Jamesbarbarian(-rous).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	barbaros3×βάρβαρος	barbaras	barbarem	barbarois2×βάρβαροι	barbarais	barbareim
object accusative	barbaron	barbaran		barbaroin	barbarain
direct address vocative	barbaror	barbarar		barbaroir	barbarair
of, belonging to genitive	barbarou	barbarau	barbareu	barbaroiu	barbaraiu	barbareiu
to, for dative	barbaro	barbara	barbare	barbaroi1×βαρβάροις	barbarai	barbarei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

barbarstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

barbar is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

barbaros“foreigner”subjectnominative singular3×

1 Corinthians 14:11“foreigner”ean oun mē oidameiē tan dunamian tau fōnau, emi to lalarōto barbaros kai tos lalarōtos en mi barbaros.If, 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.

1 Corinthians 14:11“foreigner”ean oun mē oidameiē tan dunamian tau fōnau, emi to lalarōto barbaros kai tos lalarōtos en mi barbaros.If, 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 3:11“barbarian”hopou ouk eniatō Hellēnos kai Ioudaios, peritomas kai akrobustias, barbaros, Skuthos, doulos, eleutheros, alla teim panteim kai en pantei Christos.Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

barbarois“natives”subjectnominative plural2×

Acts 28:2“natives”tois tē barbarois parechale ouk tan tunchanaratan filanthrōpian ni, haptaratois gar puran proslambela pantoin nin dia ton hueton ton efistanarēton kai dia tem psuchem.The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.

Acts 28:4“natives”hōs de horala tois barbarois kremannuerōtem tem thērem ek tau cheirau autou, pros allēloin legale; Pantōs foneuos atō tos anthrōpos houtos hon diasōziraton ek tau thalassau tas dikas zōarō ouk easata.When 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.”

barbaroi“barbarians”to, fordative plural1×

Romans 1:14“barbarians”Hellēnoi tē kai barbaroi, sofoi tē kai anoētoi ofeiletos amō;I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.