UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἰδιώτης

MainId: 002404000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ι

StrongCodes: G2399

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 002404001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: ἰδιώτης
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ου
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ἴδιος', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 002404001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 27.26
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Learn
  LEXSubDomains: Learn
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-25 10:41:26
    DefinitionShort: a person who has not acquired systemic information or expertise in some field of knowledge or activity
    Glosses: ['layman', 'ordinary person', 'amateur']
    Comments: In {S:04601401600022} 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’).
  LEXReferences: ACTs 4:13, 1COR 14:16, 1COR 14:23, 1COR 14:24, 2COR 11:6