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Nave Topical Bible
• Barbarian
Thompson Chain Reference
• Barbarians
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American Tract Society
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Barbarian
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Barbarian
Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Barbarian
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Barbarian
King James Dictionary
• Barbarian
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Barbarian
People's Bible Dictionary
• Barbarian
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Barbarian
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Barbarian, Barbarous
Webster Dictionary
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Barbarian
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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• Barbarian (2)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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• Barbarians, Bishops for.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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• ܒ݁ܰܪܒ݁ܪܳܝܳܐ
• βάρβαρος

All not Greek, in contrast to the Greeks (Romans 1:14). Primitively all speaking an unknown tongue (1 Corinthians 14:11); the Maltese, as speaking a Punic dialect (Acts 28:2; Acts 28:4). Subsequently the word implied cruelty and savagery. Distinguished from Scythians, the wild races beyond the Roman empire; "barbarians" were within it (Colossians 3:11).