Dictionary entry

ἰδιώτης

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

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.†