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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἰδιώτης

Strong’s: G2399

Associated OET lemmas: ἰδιώτης

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: ἰδιώτης; -ου

Related lemmas: ἴδιος

Sense 1: layman, ordinary person, amateur

Semantic entry: 27.26

Semantic domains: Learn

Subdomains: Learn

Definition: a person who has not acquired systemic information or expertise in some field of knowledge or activity

Notes: In RV CO1 14:16 · LV CO1 14:16 · Read together CO1 14:16 ἰδιώτης is used to refer to a class of persons who were neither unbelievers nor fully instructed Christians, but who were inquirers or catechumens. In such a context, ἰδιώτης may be rendered as ‘ordinary, uninitiated’ (ἐπεὶ ἐὰν εὐλογῇς ἐν πνεύματι, ὁ ἀναπληρῶν τὸν τόπον τοῦ ἰδιώτου πῶς ἐρεῖ τὸ Ἀμήν ἐπὶ τῇ σῇ εὐχαριστίᾳ ‘when you give thanks to God in spirit only, how can an ordinary, uninitiated person taking part in the meeting say “Amen” to your prayer of thanksgiving’).

ACT 4:13: RV ACT 4:13 · LV ACT 4:13 · Read together ACT 4:13

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OET-RV ACT 4:13

13 The assembled leaders were amazed when they saw the boldness of Kefa and Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) who they knew to be illiterate, working-class men Then they recognised that they’d been with Yeshua,

OET-LV ACT 4:13

13 And observing the boldness of_ the _Petros and of_Yōannaʸs, and having_grasped that they_are illiterate and ordinary men, they_were_marvelling, and they_were_recognizing them that they_were with the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa).

CO1 14:16: RV CO1 14:16 · LV CO1 14:16 · Read together CO1 14:16

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OET-RV CO1 14:16

16 Otherwise, if you speak out a blessing in the spirit, how can the ordinary listeners say ‘May it be so’ after you give thanks, since they wouldn’t know what you’ve been saying.

OET-LV CO1 14:16

16 Otherwise if you_may_be_blessing in_spirit, the one fulfilling the place of_the inquirer, how he_will_be_saying, the amen, at the your thanksgiving, since what you_are_saying, not he_has_known?
All 5 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: RV ACT 4:13 · LV ACT 4:13 · Read together ACT 4:13

CO1: RV CO1 14:16 · RV CO1 14:23–24 · LV CO1 14:16 · LV CO1 14:23–24 · Read together CO1 14:16 · Read together CO1 14:23–24

CO2: RV CO2 11:6 · LV CO2 11:6 · Read together CO2 11:6