1 Corinthians 14:11:121 Cor.14.11.W12TAB
βάρβαρος
barbaros
“a foreigner”
- Transliteration
- BAR-ba-ros
- Extended
- BAR-bah-rohs
- IPA
- /ˈbar.ba.ros/
Meaning by language
- English
- a foreigner
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
BAR-ba-ros
- sentence
e-AN OUN MÊ ei-DO tên DY-na-min tês phô-NÊS E-so-mai tôi la-LOUN-ti BAR-ba-ros KAI ho la-LÔN en e-MOI BAR-ba-ros
Exegesis
The apodosis follows with esomai tō lalounti barbaros {ἔσομαι τῷ λαλοῦντι βάρβαρος | é-so-mai tôi la-loûn-ti bár-ba-ros}, a future middle indicative plus predicate nominative construction, “I will be a barbaros to the one speaking,” the dative tō lalounti marking the person toward whom this status is perceived.
The coordinating kai introduces a reciprocal clause, ho lalōn en emoi barbaros {ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ βάρβαρος | ho la-lô̄n en e-moì bár-ba-ros}, where the nominative participle ho lalōn functions substantivally as the subject, and en emoi indicates the perspective “in relation to me.” The repetition of barbaros in both clauses creates parallelism and emphasizes mutual incomprehension. In English, word order is adjusted to subject–verb–complement sequences, and the idiomatic sense of dynamin as “meaning” and barbaros as “foreigner” is brought out to reflect how language difference creates relational distance.
Root and etymology
barbarosbeta–alpha–rho–beta–alpha–rho–omicron–sigma
“foreigner, one who speaks another language”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:11
Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the voice, I will be a foreigner to the one speaking, and the one speaking will be a foreigner to me.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Corinthians 14:11, so the Greek word βάρβαρος (barbaros) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Cor.14.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.11.W12.S1) and character.