The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἰδιώτης

Lemmaἰδιώτης
Citation formἰδιώτης, ου, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossan amateur, layman
Strong’sG2399
Transliterationidiṓtēs
Definitiona private person, i.e. (by implication) an ignoramus (compare "idiot")
KJV glosses:--ignorant, rude, unlearned.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences5

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἰδιῶται
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-)Acts 4:13
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-)1 Corinthians 14:23
ἰδιώτης
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)1 Corinthians 14:24
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)2 Corinthians 11:6
ἰδιώτου
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-)1 Corinthians 14:16

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ιδιωτης.