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It can denote someone who is unlearned or uninitiated in specific knowledge or skills, particularly in religious or rhetorical contexts.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek society, the term "idiótés" was used to describe individuals who were not involved in public affairs or who lacked specialized knowledge. It was not necessarily derogatory but indicated a person's status as a private individual rather than a public figure or expert. In the context of the early Christian church, it could refer to those who were not trained in the Scriptures or in public speaking.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>2399</b> <i>idiṓtēs</i> (from <a href="/greek/2398.htm">2398</a> <i>/ídios</i>, "own") – properly, of one's <i>own self</i>; used of a person who <i>conspicuously</i> lacks education or status – hence, easily misunderstood as being uninstructed (unrefined, "unlettered in speech").</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2398.htm">idios</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a private or unskilled person<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>ungifted (1), ungifted man (1), ungifted men (1), unskilled (1), untrained (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2399: ἰδιώτης</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἰδιώτης</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἰδιώτου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (<span class="greek2">ἴδιος</span>), very common in Greek writings from <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> down; properly, <span class="accented">a private person,</span> opposed to a magistrate, ruler, king; but the noun has many other meanings also, each one of which is understood from its antithesis, as e. g. <span class="accented">a common soldier,</span> as opposed to a military officer; <span class="accented">a writer of prose,</span> as opposed to a poet. In the N. T. <span class="accented">an unlearned, illiterate, man,</span> opposed to the learned, the educated: <a href="/interlinear/acts/4-13.htm">Acts 4:13</a>; as often in classical Greek, <span class="accented">unskilled in any art</span>: in eloquence (<span class="abbreviation">Isocrates</span>, p. 43 a.), with the dative of respect, <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">λόγῳ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">2 Corinthians 11:6</a> (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">rude in speech</span>); a Christian who is <span class="accented">not a prophet,</span> <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-24.htm">1 Corinthians 14:24</a>; "destitute of the 'gift of tongues,'" <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-16.htm">1 Corinthians 14:16, 23</a>. (Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, § lxxix.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>ignorant, rude, unlearned. <p>From <a href="/greek/2398.htm">idios</a>; a private person, i.e. (by implication) an ignoramus (compare "idiot") -- ignorant, rude, unlearned. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2398.htm">idios</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ιδιωται ιδιώται ἰδιῶται ιδιωτης ιδιώτης ἰδιώτης ιδιωτου ιδιώτου ἰδιώτου idiotai idiôtai idiōtai idiō̂tai idiotes idiōtēs idiṓtes idiṓtēs idiotou idiōtou idiṓtou<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/4-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 4:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural">N-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰσιν καὶ <b>ἰδιῶται</b> ἐθαύμαζον ἐπεγίνωσκόν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that they were uneducated <span class="itali">and untrained</span> men,<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">ignorant</span> men,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/4-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> they are and <span class="itali">untrained</span> they marveled they recognized<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/14-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 14:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τόπον τοῦ <b>ἰδιώτου</b> πῶς ἐρεῖ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the place <span class="itali">of the ungifted</span> say<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the room <span class="itali">of the unlearned</span> say<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> place of the <span class="itali">uninstructed</span> how will he say<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/14-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 14:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural">N-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰσέλθωσιν δὲ <b>ἰδιῶται</b> ἢ ἄπιστοι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in tongues, <span class="itali">and ungifted men</span> or<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> there come in <span class="itali">[those that are] unlearned,</span> or<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> come in however <span class="itali">uninstructed ones</span> or unbelievers<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/14-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 14:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἄπιστος ἢ <b>ἰδιώτης</b> ἐλέγχεται ὑπὸ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> or <span class="itali">an ungifted man</span> enters,<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> or <span class="itali">[one] unlearned,</span> he is convinced<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> unbeliever or <span class="itali">uninstructed</span> he is convicted by<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/11-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 11:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δὲ καὶ <b>ἰδιώτης</b> τῷ λόγῳ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> if <span class="itali">I am unskilled</span> in speech,<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> But though <span class="itali">[I be] rude</span> in speech, yet<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> however even <span class="itali">unpolished</span> in speech [I am]<p><b><a href="/greek/2399.htm">Strong's Greek 2399</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2399.htm">5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/idio_tai_2399.htm">ἰδιῶται — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/idio_te_s_2399.htm">ἰδιώτης — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/idio_tou_2399.htm">ἰδιώτου — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2398.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2398"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2398" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2400.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2400"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2400" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>