2001 Translation

IDIOTĒS, idiotēs

Sounds Like: id-ee-OH-tays

Translations: private person, layman, unlearned person, unskilled person, an ordinary person

From the root: ΙΔΙΩΤΗΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This noun refers to a private person, someone who is not in public office, or a layman, someone who is not a professional or expert in a particular field. It can also describe someone who is unlearned, uneducated, or unskilled, particularly in speech or a specific craft. It emphasizes a lack of specialized knowledge or public standing.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2399 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

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From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΔΙΩΤΗΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΙΔΙΩΤΑΙ — private persons, common people, unlearned, unskilled, laymen
• ΙΔΙΩΤΗΣ — private person, layman, unlearned person, unskilled person, an ordinary person
• ΙΔΙΩΤΟΥ — of a private person, of a layman, of an unlearned person, of a common man

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