G2399 ἰδιώτης - Strong's Greek Lexicon Number

LSJ Gloss:
ἰδιώτης
a private person, an individual
Dodson:
ἰδιώτης
an amateur, layman
(unofficial, hence) an amateur, an unprofessional man, a layman; an ungifted person.
Strong's:
ἰδιώτης
a private person, i.e. (by implication) an ignoramus (compare "idiot")
Derivation: from G2398;

KJV Usage: ignorant, rude, unlearned.

G2398
TBESG:
ἰδιώτης
unlearned
G:N-M
ἰδιώτης, -ου, ὁ
(< ἴδιος), [in LXX: Pro.6:8 (no Heb.)* ;]
__1. a pri­vate person, as opp. to the State or an official (βασιλεῖς κ. ἰδιῶται, Pr, l.with; and cf. MM, Exp., xv).
__2. one without professional knowledge, unskilled, uneducated, unlearned:
Refs 1Co.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)
Thayer:
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


ἰδιώτης
idiōtēs
id-ee-o'-tace
From G2398; a private person, that is, (by implication) an ignoramus (compare “idiot”)

KJV Usage: ignorant, rude, unlearned.


View how G2399 ἰδιώτης is used in the Bible

5 occurrences of G2399 ἰδιώτης

Acts 4:13 ignorant
1 Corinthians 14:16 of the unlearned
1 Corinthians 14:23 those that are unlearned,
1 Corinthians 14:24 one unlearned,
2 Corinthians 11:6 I am rude

Distinct usage

1 ignorant
1 of the unlearned
1 those that are unlearned,
1 one unlearned,
1 I am rude


Related words

G2399 ἰδιώτης

G2398 ἴδιος

ἴδιος
idios
id'-ee-os
Of uncertain affinity; pertaining to self, that is, one's own; by implication private or separate

KJV Usage: X his acquaintance, when they were alone, apart, aside, due, his (own, proper, several), home, (her, our, thine, your) own (business), private (-ly), proper, severally, their (own).