ἸΔΙΩΤΙΝ, ἰδιωτιν
IDIŌTIN, idiōtin
Sounds Like: ee-dee-OH-tin
Translations: a private person, a common person, an unlearned person, a layman
From the root: ἸΔΙΩΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a private person, someone who is not in public office, or a common individual. It can also denote someone who is unlearned, unskilled, or a layman, particularly in contrast to those with specialized knowledge or training. The form ἸΔΙΩΤΙΝ is the accusative singular feminine of the noun.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2399 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 25:12
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
- ἸΔΙΩΤΑΙΣ — (to) private persons, (to) common people, (to) unlearned people, (to) laymen, (to) unskilled persons
- 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
- 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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