Greek noun (masculine) · G2399
ἰδιώτης
idiotesid-ee-o'-tace
a private person, as opposite to the State or an official (βασιλεῖς κ. ἰδιῶται; one without professional knowledge, unskilled, uneducated, unlearned
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: idiṓtēs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2399is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2399
a private person, i.e. (by implication) an ignoramus (compare "idiot")
The King James renders it: ignorant, rude, unlearned.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
idiotes is rendered "a private person, as opposite to the State or an official (βασιλεῖς κ. ἰδιῶται; one without professional knowledge, unskilled, uneducated, unlearned". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a private person, as opposite to the State or an official (βασιλεῖς κ. ἰδιῶται".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 4:13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
Acts 4:13ἰδιῶται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's five uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a private person, as opposite to the State or an official (βασιλεῖς κ. ἰδιῶται, and one without professional knowledge, unskilled, uneducated, unlearned.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a private person, as opposite to the State or an official (βασιλεῖς κ. ἰδιῶταιPr, l.with | Tagged as
| WhereActs 4:13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled… |
| one without professional knowledge, unskilled, uneducated, unlearned1Co.14:16 14:23-24 (R, mg., without gifts); ἀγράμματοι κ. ἰ., Act.4:13; with dative (= cl. with genitive of thing(s)), λόγῳ, 2Co.11:6.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereActs 4:13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἰδιῶται2
- ἰδιώτης2
- ἰδιώτου1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2N-NPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2N-NSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM
Acts
one use
When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
- ἰδιῶταιidiotainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: ordinary
1 Corinthians
three uses
Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?
- ἰδιώτουidiotounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: uninstructed
So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
- ἰδιῶταιidiotainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: uninstructed ones
But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,
- ἰδιώτηςidiotesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: uninstructed
2 Corinthians
one use
Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.
- ἰδιώτηςidiotesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: unpolished
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.