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Name of God’s Son

ἸΔΙΩΤΕΥΩΝ, ἰδιωτευων

IDIŌTEUŌN, idiōteuōn

Sounds Like: ee-dee-oh-TEV-ohn

Translations: being a private person, living a private life, being unlearned, being unskilled, being a common person

From the root: ἸΔΙΩΤΕΥΩ

Part of Speech: Verb, Participle

Explanation: This word is a present active participle of the verb 'ἰδιωτεύω' (idiōteuō), meaning 'to be a private person' or 'to live a private life'. It can also imply being unlearned, unskilled, or a commoner, in contrast to someone with public office, special knowledge, or professional skill. It describes someone who is in a state of being an 'idiot' in the ancient sense of a private citizen, not necessarily lacking intelligence, but lacking public or professional standing.

Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular

Strong’s number: G2398 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

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
  • ἸΔΙΩΤΕΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having been a private person, having been unlearned, having been unskilled, having been a layman

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