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βάρβαρος barbaros · G0915

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barbarian

βάρβαρος, -ον (prob. onomatop., descriptive of unintelligible sounds), ; [in LXX: Ps 113 (114):1 (לעז), Eze.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): Act.28:2, 4 Rom.1:14, 1Co.14:11, Col.3:11 (see Lft., in l., and Notes, 249).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

βάρβᾰρος, ον, ; barbarous, i.e. non-Greek, foreign, not in []; especially as substantive βάρβαροι, οἱ, originally all non-Greek-speaking peoples, then specially of the Medes and Persians, []; β. πόλεμον war with the barbarians, []; ἡ βάρβαρος (i.e. γῆ), opposed to αἱ Ἑλληνίδες πόλεις, [] adverb -ρως, opposed to Ἑλληνικῶς,[]; 2 especially of language, φωνὴ β. []; συλλραφαί[]; of birds, [] adverb, βαρβάρως, ὠνόμασται have foreign names, []; 3 Grammars, of bad Greek, []; τὸ β., of style, opposed …

Where it's used 6 times

Acts 28:2 · Acts 28:4 · Romans 1:14 · 1 Corinthians 14:11 · Colossians 3:11 … and 1 more

Source: TBESG G0915; TFLSJ G0915

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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