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barbarian

Meaning of “barbarian”

One whose language is not understood.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-references
3 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: 1 Corinthians 14:11

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “barbarian”

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1 Corinthians 14:11
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 14:11 · retained source text

Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voyce, I shall bee vnto him that speaketh, a Barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a Barbarian vnto mee.

Colossians 3:11
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Colossians 3:11 · retained source text

Where there is neither Greeke, nor Iew, circumcision, nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

Source order

Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

1 Corinthians 14:11; Colossians 3:11

The two lowercase claims in 1 Corinthians 14:11 expressly arise when the meaning of the voice is not known. The capitalized ethnonym in Colossians 3:11 is routed out of this lowercase identity for a future separately hash-bound Barbarian entry.