G2399

ἰδιώτης

idiōtēsG:N-M

unlearned

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.† (AS)

The KJV translates G2399 in the following manner:

unlearned (6x), ignorant (2x), rude (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἰδιώτης — idiṓtēs

ἰδιώτης, ἰδιώτου, 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: Act 4:13; as often in classical Greek, unskilled in any art: in eloquence (Isocrates, p. 43 a.), with the dative of respect, τῷ λόγῳ, 2Co 11:6 (A. V. rude in speech); a Christian who is not a prophet, 1Co 14:24; "destitute of the 'gift of tongues,'" 1Co 14:16; 1Co 14:23. (Cf. Trench, § lxxix.)

5 occurrences

Acts (1), I Corinthians (3), II Corinthians (1)