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Lexicon :: Strong's G2399 - idiōtēs

Aa
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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Now G1161 as they observed G2334 the confidence G3954 of Peter G4074 and John G2491 and understood G2638 that they were uneducated G62 and untrained G2399 men G444, they were G2296 amazed G2296, and began to recognize G1921 them [fn]as having been G1510 with Jesus G2424.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:16 - For G1893 otherwise G1893, if G1437 you bless G2127 God [fn]in the spirit G4151 only, how G4459 will the one who occupies G378 the place G5117 of the [fn]outsider G2399 know to say G3004 the “Amen G281” at your giving G2169 of G2169 thanks G2169, since G1894 he does not understand G6063 what G5101 you are saying G3004?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:23 - Therefore G3767 if G1437 the whole G3650 church G1577 gathers G4905 together G1909 G3588 G846 and all G3956 the people speak G2980 in tongues G1100, and [fn]outsiders G2399 or G2228 unbelievers G571 enter G1525, will they not say G3004 that you are G3105 insane G3105?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:24 - But if G1437 all G3956 prophesy G4395, and an unbeliever G571 or G2228 an [fn]outsider G2399 enters G1525, he is convicted G1651 by all G3956, he is called G350 to G350 account G350 by all G3956;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:6 - But even G2532 if G1487 I am unskilled G2399 in speech G3056, yet G235 I am not so in knowledge G1108; in G235 fact G235, in every G3956 way G3956 we have made G5319 this evident G5319 to you in all G3956 things G3956.
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