What does βάρβαρος (bárbaros) mean in the Bible?
βάρβαρος (bárbaros) is a Greek word meaning "barbarian".
Greek · G915
βάρβαρος
Barbarian
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βάρβαρος G915
Pronunciation bárbaros
What does βάρβαρος (bárbaros) mean in the Bible?
βάρβαρος (bárbaros) is a Greek word meaning "barbarian".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G915?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a foreigner (2), islanders (2), barbarian (1), non-Greeks (1).
Where does βάρβαρος (bárbaros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 28:2. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (2), Acts (2), Colossians (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a foreigner 2× 1 Corinthians 14:11
islanders 2× Acts 28:2, Acts 28:4
barbarian 1× Colossians 3:11
non-Greeks 1× Romans 1:14
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 28:2 βάρβαροι to islanders Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 28:4 βάρβαροι to islanders Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Romans 1:14 Βαρβάροις to non-Greeks Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 1 Corinthians 14:11 βάρβαρος to a foreigner Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 14:11 βάρβαρος to a foreigner Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Colossians 3:11 βάρβαρος to barbarian Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 28:2
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
Acts 2 Romans 1 1 Corinthians 2 Colossians 1
Source forms
βάρβαρος 3x barbaros 1 Corinthians 14:11, Colossians 3:11
βάρβαροι 2x barbaroi Acts 28:2, Acts 28:4
Βαρβάροις 1x Barbarois Romans 1:14
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x 1 Corinthians 14:11, Colossians 3:11
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Acts 28:2, Acts 28:4
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 1:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. barbarian
Strong's G915
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 3 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
barbarian
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 28:2 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
βάρβαροι barbaroi
a foreigner who speaks neither Greek nor Latin
Read verse Acts 28:4 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
βάρβαροι barbaroi
a foreigner who speaks neither Greek nor Latin
Read verse Romans 1:14 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
βαρβάροις, barbaroiv
a foreigner who speaks neither Greek nor Latin
Read verse 1 Corinthians 14:11 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
βάρβαρος, barbarov
a foreigner who speaks neither Greek nor Latin
Read verse 1 Corinthians 14:11 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
βάρβαρος. barbarov
a foreigner who speaks neither Greek nor Latin
Read verse Colossians 3:11 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
βάρβαρος, barbarov
a foreigner who speaks neither Greek nor Latin
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Nominative (5) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 1 Cor 14:11 · Col 3:11 3×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 28:2 · Acts 28:4 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Rom 1:14 1×
Word Origins
βάρβαρος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain