noun · masculine

idiōtos

Greekἰδιώτης (idiōtēs)

Strong’sG2399

an amateur, layman

stem idiōt-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

outsider2×untrained2×outsiders1×

What it means

ἰδιώτης, -ου, ὁ

(< ἴδιος), [in LXX: Pr 6:8 (no Heb.)*;]

1. a private person, as opp. to the State or an official (βασιλεῖς κ. ἰδιῶται, Pr 6:8; and cf. MM, Exp., xv).

2. one without professional knowledge, unskilled, uneducated, unlearned: I Co 14:16, 23, 24 (R, mg., without gifts); ἀγράμματοι κ. ἰ., Ac 4:13; c. dat. (= cl. c. gen. rei), λόγῳ, II Co 11:6.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2399 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidid-ee-o'-tace

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

Fromfrom G2398;

King Jamesignorant, rude, unlearned.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	idiōtos2×ἰδιώτης	idiōtois2×ἰδιῶται
object accusative	idiōton	idiōtoin
direct address vocative	idiōtor	idiōtoir
of, belonging to genitive	idiōtou1×ἰδιώτου	idiōtoiu
to, for dative	idiōto	idiōtoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

idiōtstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

idiōto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

idiōtos“outsider”subjectnominative singular2×

1 Corinthians 14:24“outsider”ean de pantois profēteualeiō, eiserchateia de tinos apistos ē idiōtos, elenchitō hupo pantoiu, anakrinitō hupo pantoiu,But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,

2 Corinthians 11:6“untrained”ei de kai idiōtos to logo, alla ouk ta gnōsia, alla en pante faneraratois en pantei eis vin.Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.

idiōtou“outsider”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

1 Corinthians 14:16“outsider”epei ean eulogaseiō pneume, tos anaplērarōtos ton topon tou idiōtou pōs legati tem Amēn epi ta sa eucharistia? epeidē tinem legasō ouk oidatē;Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

idiōtois“untrained”subjectnominative plural2×

Acts 4:13“untrained”Theōrarōtois de tan tou Petrou parrēsian kai Iōannou kai katalamberatois hoti anthrōpois agrammatois alō kai idiōtois, thaumazale, epignōskale tē autoin hoti sun to Iēso ale,When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.

1 Corinthians 14:23“outsiders”ean oun sunerchateia tas ekklēsas holas epi tem autem kai pantois lalaleiō glōssai, eiserchaleia de idiōtois ē apistois, ouk legali hoti mainevō?So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?