2001 Translation

IDIŌTOU, idiōtou

Sounds Like: id-ee-OH-too

Translations: of a private person, of a layman, of an unlearned person, of a common man

From the root: ΙΔΙΩΤΗΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a private person, someone who holds no public office, or a layman, someone who is unlearned or unskilled in a particular area. It is often used in contrast to those who are experts, officials, or in positions of authority. In a sentence, it would indicate possession or origin, such as 'the opinion of a layman' or 'belonging to a private individual'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2399 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Corinthians — 14:16

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
• ΙΔΙΩΤΑΙ — private persons, common people, unlearned, unskilled, laymen
• ΙΔΙΩΤΗΣ — private person, layman, unlearned person, unskilled person, an ordinary person

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