Strongs Number: G2399
- Greek Word
- ἰδιώτης
- Transliteration
- idiōtēs
- Phonetic
- id-ee-o'-tace
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
a private person that is (by implication) an ignoramus (compare
idiot
) - Thayers Definition
-
1. a private person as opposed to a magistrate, ruler, king
2. a common soldier, as opposed to a military officer
3. a writer of prose as opposed to a poet
4. in the NT, an unlearned, illiterate, man as opposed to the learned and educated: one who is unskilled in any art
- Origin
- From G2398
- Bible Usage
- ignorant rude unlearned.