2001 Translation

IDION, idion

Sounds Like: EE-dee-on

Translations: own, its own, private, peculiar, a private thing

From the root: ἸΔΙΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'one's own', 'private', or 'peculiar'. It refers to something that belongs to or is characteristic of a particular person or thing. It is often used to emphasize possession or individuality, indicating that something is distinct from what belongs to others. For example, it can be used to say 'his own house' or 'their own brother'.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G2398 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:53

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 20:10, 33:3, 46:7

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 11:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 0:1, 8:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 5:1, 5:2

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 33:295, 37:259
• Book Two — 37:259

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 12:215
• Book 2 — 3:25, 7:192
• Book 3 — 9:236
• Book 5 — 1:19, 1:107, 6:231
• Book 6 — 1:16, 4:61, 13:281, 13:293, 13:322, 13:324
• Book 8 — 2:33, 4:114, 7:192, 7:195, 11:280, 13:335, 13:353
• Book 9 — 2:20, 12:243, 14:288
• Book 10 — 11:246
• Book 11 — 4:92, 6:275, 7:300
• Book 13 — 2:40
• Book 14 — 10:235, 12:309
• Book 16 — 2:19
• Book 18 — 6:209

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:15, 8:9
• Book Two — 6:2, 14:5
• Book Three — 2:10, 6:11
• Book Five — 3:6, 5:62
• Book Six — 10:5

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 22:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 2:4, 6:2, 52:4

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 9:2

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 6:2, 17:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 47:18
• Deuteronomy — 15:2
• 1 Maccabees — 11:38, 15:6
• 2 Maccabees — 4:26
• 3 Maccabees — 5:21
• Job — 7:10

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 8 — 5:1, 5:3, 5:4, 5:6
• Parable 9 — 4:7, 5:4, 12:4, 28:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 22:5
• Luke — 10:34
• John — 1:42, 5:18, 15:19
• Acts — 1:25, 4:32
• 1 Corinthians — 3:8, 6:18, 7:2, 7:7, 11:21, 15:38
• Galatians — 6:5
• 1 Timothy — 5:4
• 2 Peter — 2:22
• Jude — 1:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἸΔΙΟΣ.

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.

• ἸΔΙΑ — one's own, private, peculiar, a private, a peculiar
• ἸΔΙΑΙ — one's own, private, peculiar, special, a private, a peculiar
• ἸΔΙΑΙΣ — to their own, for their own, by their own, with their own, in their own, private, peculiar
• ἸΔΙΑΙΤΑΤΟΝ — most private, most peculiar, most special, most one's own, a most private thing
• ἸΔΙΑΝ — one's own, her own, private, peculiar
• ἸΔΙΑΣ — of one's own, of private, of peculiar
• ἸΔΙΟΙ — own, one's own, private, peculiar, one's own people, one's own things
• ἸΔΙΟΙΣ — one's own, his own, her own, its own, their own, private, peculiar, proper, a private, a peculiar
• ἸΔΙΟΣ — one's own, private, peculiar, proper, a private, a peculiar
• ἸΔΙΟΤΗΤΑ — peculiarity, a peculiarity, special quality, a special quality, characteristic, a characteristic, property, a property, individuality, a individuality, distinctiveness, a distinctiveness
• ἸΔΙΟΥ — (of) one's own, (of) his own, (of) her own, (of) its own, (of) their own, own
• ἸΔΙΟΥΣ — own, one's own, their own, his own, private, peculiar
• ἸΔΙΩ — own, private, peculiar, personal
• ἸΔΙΩΝ — of one's own, of private things, of peculiar things
• ἸΔΙΩΣ — privately, personally, separately, specially, particularly, by oneself
• ΤΗΣἸΔΙΑΣ — of one's own, of her own, of its own, of their own
• ΤΟΙΣἸΔΙΟΙΣ — (to) one's own, (to) their own, (to) his own, (to) her own, (to) its own

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