G2399
G2399 — ἰδιώτης
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
idiotes (id-ee-o'-tace) n.
1. a private person
2. (by implication) an ignoramus
[from G2398]
KJV: ignorant, rude, unlearned
Root(s): G2398
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
ignorant, rude, unlearned
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἰδιώτης, ἰδιώτου, ὁ (ἴδιος), very common in Greek writings from Herodotus down; properly, a private person, opposed to a magistrate, ruler, king; but the noun has many other meanings also, each one of which is understood from its antithesis, as e. g. a common soldier, as opposed to a military officer; a writer of prose, as opposed to a poet. In the N. T. an unlearned, illiterate, man, opposed to the learned, the educated: Act 4:13; as often in classical Greek, unskilled in any art: in eloquence (Isocrates, p. 43 a.), with the dative of respect, τῷ λόγῳ, 2Co 11:6 (A. V. rude in speech); a Christian who is not a prophet, 1Co 14:24; "destitute of the ’gift of tongues,’" 1Co 14:16; 1Co 14:23. (Cf. Trench, § lxxix.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἰδιώτης (ignorant)
Acts 4:13
- KJV: Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men they marvelled and they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus
- GK: θεωρούντες δε την του Πέτρου παρρησίαν και Ιωάννου και καταλαβόμενοι ότι άνθρωποι αγράμματοί εισι και ιδιώται εθαύμαζον επεγίνωσκόν τε αυτούς ότι συν τω Ιησού ήσαν
1 Corinthians 14:16
- KJV: Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest
- GK: επεί εάν ευλογήσης τω πνεύματι ο αναπληρών τον τόπον του ιδιώτου πως ερεί το αμήν επί τη ση ευχαριστία επειδή τι λέγεις ουκ οίδε
1 Corinthians 14:23
- KJV: If therefore the whole church be come together into one place and all speak with tongues and there come in unlearned or unbelievers will they not say that ye are mad
- GK: εάν ούν συνέλθη η εκκλησία όλη επί το αυτό και πάντες γλώσσαις λαλώσιν εισέλθωσι δε ιδιώται η άπιστοι ουκ ερούσιν ότι μαίνεσθε
1 Corinthians 14:24
- KJV: But if all prophesy and there come in one that believeth not or unlearned he is convinced of all he is judged of all
- GK: εάν δε πάντες προφητεύωσιν εισέλθη δε τις άπιστος η ιδιώτης ελέγχεται υπό πάντων ανακρίνεται υπό πάντων
2 Corinthians 11:6
- KJV: But though rude in speech yet not in knowledge but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things
- GK: ει δε και ιδιώτης τω λόγω αλλ΄ ου τη γνώσει αλλ΄ εν παντί φανερωθέντες εν πάσιν εις υμάς