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βάρβαρος. The word signifies 'foreigner, alien:' it was used by the Romans for any people who did not understand Latin or Greek. In
Rom. 1: 14 they are in contrast to the Greeks. In 1 Cor. 14: 11, a person hearing another speak in a language he did not understand would account him and be accounted a foreigner. The inhabitants of Melita were so called by Luke. Acts 28: 2-4. In Col. 3: 1 the 'barbarian' is in contrast to the uncultivated Scythian.