Strong's Number 915

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
barbaros {bar'-bar-os}
Word Origin:
of uncertain derivation
TDNT:
1:546,94
Part of Speech:
adjective
Usage in the KJV:
barbarian 5, barbarous 1

Total: 6
Definition:
  1. one whose speech is rude, rough and harsh
  2. one who speaks a foreign or strange language which is not understood by another
  3. used by the Greeks of any foreigner ignorant of the Greek language, whether mental or moral, with the added notion after the Persian war, of rudeness and brutality. The word is used in the N.T. without the idea of reproachfulness.
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament