βάρβαρος bárbaros

Meaning

a foreigner (i.e. non-Greek)

In the King James Version: barbarian(-rous)

Derivation: of uncertain derivation;

Where it is used

• Acts 28:2 The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
• Acts 28:4 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.”
• Romans 1:14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
• 1 Corinthians 14:11 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 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.