Bible Encyclopedias
Barbarians
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Originally those who could not speak Greek, and ultimately synonymous with the uncivilised and people without culture, particularly literary; this is the sense in which Matthew Arnold uses it.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Barbarians'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/barbarians.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.