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Strong's G2399 · Greek

ἰδιώτης

idiotes · id-ee-o'-tace

from 2398; a private person, i.e. (by implication) an ignoramus (compare "idiot")


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἰδιώτης (G2399)

5 ἰδιώτης , -ου, ὁ ( ἴδιος ), [in LXX: Pr 6:8 (no Heb.)*;] a private person , as opp. to the State or an official ( βασιλεῖς κ. ἰδιῶται , Pr 6:8 ; and cf. MM, Exp. , xv). one without professional knowledge , unskilled , uneducated , unlearned : I Co 14:16 , 23 , 24 (R, mg., without gifts ); ἀγράμματοι κ. ἰ. , Ac 4:13 ; c. dat. (= cl. c. gen. rei), λόγῳ , II Co 11:6 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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