2001 Translation

IDIŌTAI, idiōtai

Sounds Like: id-ee-O-tai

Translations: private persons, common people, unlearned, unskilled, laymen

From the root: ΙΔΙΩΤΗΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a private person, someone who is not in public office, or a common person, as opposed to someone in authority or a professional. It can also describe someone who is unlearned, uneducated, or unskilled in a particular area, often in contrast to those who are learned or expert. In a religious context, it can refer to a layman, someone not part of the clergy.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2399 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Proverbs — 6:8
• Acts of the Apostles — 4:13
• 1 Corinthians — 14:23

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.

• ἸΔΙΟΤΗΣ — private person, layman, unlearned person, unskilled person, an ordinary person
• 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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