ἴδιος, 
ἰδίᾳ, 
ἴδιον (in secular authors (especially Attic) also of two term.) (from 
Homer down); 
1. pertaining to oneself, one's own; used
 
a. universally, of 
what is one's own as opposed to 
belonging to another: 
τά ἰδίᾳ πρόβατα, 
John 10:3ff,
12; 
τά ἱμάτια τά ἰδίᾳ, 
Mark 15:20 R G Tr (for which 
T τά ἰδίᾳ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, 
L WH τά ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ); 
τό ἴδιον (for his own use) 
κτῆνος, 
Luke 10:34; 
διά τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος, 
Hebrews 9:12; 
Hebrews 13:12 (
ἰδίῳ αἵματι, 4 Macc. 7:8); 
τό ἴδιον μίσθωμα, which he had hired for himself (opposed to 
ἡ ξεναι (which see), 23), 
Acts 28:30; add, 
John 5:43; 
John 12:18; 
Acts 3:12; 
Acts 13:36; 
Romans 11:24; 
Romans 14:4; 
1 Corinthians 3:8 (
ἴδιον κόπον); 
1 Corinthians 6:18; 
7:4, 
37; 
9:7; 
11:21; 
Galatians 6:5; 
1 Timothy 3:4, 
12; 
1 Timothy 5:4; 
2 Timothy 1:9; 
2 Timothy 4:3; 
πράσσειν τά ἰδίᾳ, to do one's own business (and not intermeddle with the affairs of others), 
1 Thessalonians 4:11; 
ἰδίᾳ ἐπίλυσις, an interpretation which one thinks out for himself, opposed to that which the Holy Spirit teaches, 
2 Peter 1:20 (see 
γίνομαι, 5 e. 
α.); 
τήν ἰδίαν δικαιοσύνην, which one imagines is his due, opposed to 
δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ, awarded by God, 
Romans 10:3; 
ἰδίᾳ ἐπιθυμία, opposed to divine prompting, 
James 1:14; 
κατά τάς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας, opposed to God's requirements, 
2 Timothy 4:3; with the possessive pronoun 
αὐτῶν added (
Buttmann, 118 (103); cf. 
Winer's Grammar, 154 (146)), 
2 Peter 3:3; 
ἴδιος αὐτῶν προφήτης, 
Titus 1:12; with 
αὐτοῦ added, 
Mark 15:20 Tdf. (see above); 
τά ἰδίᾳ (cf. 
Buttmann, § 127, 24), those things in which one differs from others, his nature and personal character — in the phrase 
ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων λαλεῖν, 
John 8:44; (cf. the figurative, 
τά ἰδίᾳ τοῦ σώματος, 
2 Corinthians 5:10 L marginal reading (cf. 
Tr marginal reading); see 
διά, A. I. 2); 
ἴδιος, 
my own: 
ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσί (unassisted by others), 
1 Corinthians 4:12; 
thine own: 
ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ ὀφθαλμῷ, 
Luke 6:41. 
 
b. of 
what pertains to one's property, family, dwelling, country, etc.; of property, 
οὐδέ εἰς τί τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ ἔλεγεν ἴδιον εἶναι, 
Acts 4:32; 
τά ἰδίᾳ, 
res nostrae, our own things, i. e. house, family, property, 
Luke 18:28 L T Tr WH (cf. 
Buttmann, § 127, 24; 
Winer's Grammar, 592 (551)); 
τῇ ἰδίᾳ γενεά, 
in his own generation, i. e. in the age in which he lived, 
Acts 13:36; 
ἡ ἰδίᾳ πόλις, the city of which one is a citizen or inhabitant, 
Luke 2:3 (
R G Tr marginal reading); 
Matthew 9:1; 
τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ, in their native tongue, 
Acts 1:19 (
WH omits; 
Tr brackets 
ἰδίᾳ); 
Acts 2:6, 
8; 
ἡ ἰδίᾳ δισιδαιμονια, their own (national) religion, 
Acts 25:19; 
οἱ ἴδιοι, 
one's own people (German 
die Angehörigen), one's fellow-countrymen, associates, 
John 1:11, cf. 
2 Macc. 12:22; one's household, persons belonging to the house, family, or company, 
John 13:1; 
Acts 4:23; 
Acts 24:23; 
1 Timothy 5:8; 
εἰς τά ἰδίᾳ (German 
in die Heimat), to one's native land, home, 
John 1:11 (meaning here, the land of Israel); 
John 16:32; 
John 19:27 (3Macc. 6:27; 1 Esdr. 5:46 (47); for 
אֶל־בֵּיתו, 
Esther 5:10; 
Esther 6:12); 
ὁ ἴδιος ἀνήρ, a husband, 
1 Corinthians 7:2 (
Buttmann, 117 (102) note; cf. 
Winer's Grammar, 154 (146)); plural, 
Ephesians 5:22; 
Titus 2:5; 
1 Peter 3:1, 
5; 
Ephesians 5:24 R G; 
Colossians 3:18 R; 
οἱ ἴδιοι σεποται (of slaves), 
Titus 2:9. of 
a person who may be said to belong to one, above all others: 
υἱός, 
Romans 8:32; 
πατήρ, 
John 5:18; 
μαθηταί, 
Mark 4:34 T WH Tr marginal reading
 
c. harmonizing with, or suitable or assigned to, one's nature, character, aims, acts; appropriate: 
τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσία, 
Acts 1:7; 
τόν ἴδιον, 
μισθόν, due reward, 
1 Corinthians 3:8; 
τό ἴδιον σῶμα, 
1 Corinthians 15:38; 
κατά τήν ἰδίαν δύναμιν, 
Matthew 25:15; 
ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι, 
1 Corinthians 15:23; 
τό ἴδιον οἰκητήριον, 
Jude 1:6; 
εἰς τόν τόπον τόν ἴδιον, to the abode after death assigned by God to one according to his deeds, 
Acts 1:25 (
Ignatius ad Magnes. 5 [ET]; Baal Turim on 
Numbers 24:25 Balaam ivit in locum suum, i. e. in Gehennam; see 
τόπος, 1 a. at the end); 
καιρῷ ἰδίῳ, at a time suitable to the matter in hand (
A. V. in due season), 
Galatians 6:9; plural, 
1 Timothy 2:6; 
1 Timothy 6:15; 
Titus 1:3. 
d. By a usage foreign to the earlier Greeks, but found in the church Fathers and the Byzantine writings (see 
Winers Grammar, § 22, 7; cf. Fritzsche on Romans, ii., p. 208f; (
Buttmann, 117f (103))), it takes the place of the possessive pronoun 
αὐτοῦ: 
Matthew 22:5; 
Matthew 25:14; 
John 1:41 (42) (Wis. 10:1). 
 
2. private (in classical Greek opposed to 
δημόσιος, 
κοινός): 
ἰδίᾳ (cf. 
Winers Grammar, 591 (549) note) adverb 
severally, separately, 1 Corinthians 12:11 (often in Greek writings). On 
κατ' ἰδίαν (WH' 'alt.' in 
Matthew 14:23; 
17:1, 
19; 
20:17; 
24:3; 
Mark 4:34; 
6:31; 
9:28; 
13:3), see their App. pp. 143, 145; Meisterhans n.
306 κατ' ἰδίαν (namely, 
χώραν), 
α. apart: 
Matthew 14:13; 
Matthew 17:19; 
Matthew 20:17; 
Matthew 24:3; 
Mark 6:31; 
Mark 7:33; 
Mark 9:2, 
28; 
Mark 13:3; 
Luke 9:10; 
Luke 10:23; 
Acts 23:19 (
Polybius 4, 84, 8); with 
μόνος added, 
Mark 9:2; 
β. in private, privately: 
Mark 4:34; 
Galatians 2:2 (
Diodorus 1, 21, opposed to 
κοινῇ, 2 Macc. 4:5; 
Ignatius ad Smyrn. 7, 2 [ET]). The word is not found in the book of Revelation. 
 
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