ἸΔΙΩΤΑΙΣ, ἰδιωταις
IDIŌTAIS, idiōtais
Sounds Like: ee-dee-OH-taiss
Translations: (to) private persons, (to) common people, (to) unlearned people, (to) laymen, (to) unskilled persons
From the root: ἸΔΙΩΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a private person, as opposed to someone in public office or a professional. It can also denote a commoner, someone who is unlearned, uneducated, or unskilled in a particular art or profession. In a religious context, it often refers to a layman, someone not part of the clergy. The form ἸΔΙΩΤΑΙΣ is the dative plural, indicating 'to' or 'for' such individuals.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2399 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἸΔΙΩΤΗΣ.
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.
- ἸΔΙΩΤΑΙ — private citizens, common people, unlearned, unskilled
- ἸΔΙΩΤΗ — private person, a private person, common person, a common person, unlearned person, an unlearned person, unskilled person, an unskilled person, layman, a layman
- ἸΔΙΩΤΗΝ — a private person, a layman, a common person, an unlearned person, an unskilled person
- ἸΔΙΩΤΗΣ — private person, common person, unlearned person, layman, an unskillful person, an unskilled person
- ἸΔΙΩΤΙΚΑ — private, personal, common, ordinary, a private matter, private affairs, common things, ordinary things
- ἸΔΙΩΤΙΝ — a private person, a common person, an unlearned person, a layman
- ἸΔΙΩΤΟΥ — of a private person, of a common man, of a layman, of an unlearned person, of an unskilled person
- ἸΔΙΩΤΩΝ — (of) private persons, (of) common people, (of) unlearned persons, (of) laymen, (of) ordinary people
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