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ἰδιώτης

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Gloss: unlearned

Transliteration: idiōtēs

Strong’s: G2399

ἰδιώτης, -ου, ὁ
(ἴδιος), [in LXX: Pro.6:8 (no Heb.)* ;]
__1. a pri­vate person, as opposite to the State or an official (βασιλεῖς κ. ἰδιῶται, Pr, l.with; and cf. MM, Exp., xv).
__2. one without professional knowledge, unskilled, uneducated, unlearned: 1Co.14:16 14:23-24 (R, mg., without gifts); ἀγράμματοι κ. ἰ., Act.4:13; with dative (= cl. with genitive of thing(s)), λόγῳ, 2Co.11:6.†
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