ἸΔΙΩΤΕΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ, ἰδιωτευσαντες
IDIŌTEUSANTES, idiōteusantes
Sounds Like: id-ee-oh-TEH-oo-san-tes
Translations: having been a private person, having been unlearned, having been unskilled, having been a layman
From the root: ἸΔΙΩΤΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes someone who has acted as a private citizen, or who has been unlearned, unskilled, or a layman. It implies a lack of professional or specialized knowledge or status, often in contrast to those in authority or with specific training. It is a compound word derived from 'ἸΔΙΩΤΗΣ' (idiotes), meaning a private person or layman.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G2399 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 1:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἸΔΙΩΤΕΥΩ.
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.
- ἸΔΙΩΤΕΥΟΝΤΕΣ — being a private citizen, being a common person, living a private life, being unlearned, being unskilled
- ἸΔΙΩΤΕΥΟΝΤΙ — being a private person, being unlearned, being unskilled, being an ordinary person, being a layman, to be a private person, to be unlearned, to be unskilled, to be an ordinary person, to be a layman
- ἸΔΙΩΤΕΥΩΝ — being a private person, living a private life, being unlearned, being unskilled, being a common person
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