STRONGS G2399:
ἰδιώτης,
-ου,
ὁ, (
ἴδιος), very common in Greek writings from Herodotus down; properly,
a private person, 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. a common soldier, as opposed to a military officer;
a writer of prose, as opposed to a poet. In the
N. T. an unlearned, illiterate, man, opposed to the learned, the educated:
Acts 4:13; as often in classical Greek,
unskilled in any art: in eloquence (Isocrates, p. 43 a.), with the dative of respect,
τῷ λόγῳ,
2 Corinthians 11:6 [
A. V. rude in speech]; a Christian who is
not a prophet, 1 Corinthians 14:24;
destitute of the 'gift of tongues,' 1 Corinthians 14:16,
23. [Cf. Trench § lxxix.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Acts
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4:13
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1 Corinthians
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14:16; 14:23; 14:24
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2 Corinthians
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11:6