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Lexicon :: Strong's G2399 - idiōtēs

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ἰδιώτης
Transliteration
idiōtēs (Key)
Pronunciation
id-ee-o'-tace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
5x in 3 unique form(s) TR
5x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:215,348

Trench's Synonyms: lxxix. ἀγράμματος, ἰδιώτης.

Strong’s Definitions

ἰδιώτης idiṓtēs, id-ee-o'-tace; from G2398; a private person, i.e. (by implication) an ignoramus (compare "idiot"):—ignorant, rude, unlearned.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G2399 in the following manner: unlearned (3x), ignorant (1x), rude (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G2399 in the following manner: unlearned (3x), ignorant (1x), rude (1x).

  1. a private person as opposed to a magistrate, ruler, king

  2. a common soldier, as opposed to a military officer

  3. a writer of prose as opposed to a poet

  4. in the NT, an unlearned, illiterate, man as opposed to the learned and educated: one who is unskilled in any art

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἰδιώτης idiṓtēs, id-ee-o'-tace; from G2398; a private person, i.e. (by implication) an ignoramus (compare "idiot"):—ignorant, rude, unlearned.
STRONGS G2399:
ἰδιώτης, -ου, 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: Acts 4:13; as often in classical Greek, unskilled in any art: in eloquence (Isocrates, p. 43 a.), with the dative of respect, τῷ λόγῳ, 2 Corinthians 11:6 [A. V. rude in speech]; a Christian who is not a prophet, 1 Corinthians 14:24; destitute of the 'gift of tongues,' 1 Corinthians 14:16, 23. [Cf. Trench § lxxix.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
4:13
1 Corinthians
14:16; 14:23; 14:24
2 Corinthians
11:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2399 matches the Greek ἰδιώτης (idiōtēs),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:13 - Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:16 - Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say “Amen” at your giving of thanks, since he does not understand what you say?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:23 - Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are out of your mind?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:24 - But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is convicted by all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:6 - Even though I am untrained in speech, yet I am not in knowledge. But we have been thoroughly manifested[fn] among you in all things.
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