Strong's Number G2399

ἰδιώτης

idiotes · id-ee-o'-tace

Transliteration:

idiotes{id-ee-o'-tace}

Word Origin:

from 2398

TDNT:

3:215,348

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

a private person, i.e. (by implication) an ignoramus (compare "idiot")

Usage in the KJV:

unlearned 3, ignorant 1, rude 1

Total: 5
Occurs 5 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

a private person as opposed to a magistrate, ruler, king
a common soldier, as opposed to a military officer
a writer of prose as opposed to a poet
in the NT, an unlearned, illiterate, man as opposed to the learned and educated: one who is unskilled in any art