One's own/private
ἴδιοςStrong’s G2398idios
Appears in 111 verses of the New Testament
In short
Idios is the Greek word usually translated “own”, “private” and “privately”. It appears in 111 verses of the New Testament.
“Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.”
Meaning
Usually translated “own”, “private” and “privately”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- own 83
- private 8
- to own 8
- his own 3
- privately 2
- in own 2
- with own 2
- in private 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 16
- John 14
- 1 Corinthians 13
- Matthew 10
- 1 Timothy 9
- Mark 7
19 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 3:4In contextOne that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
- 1 Timothy 3:5In context(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
- 1 Timothy 3:12In contextLet the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
- 1 Timothy 4:2In contextSpeaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
- 1 Timothy 5:4In contextBut if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
- 1 Timothy 5:8In contextBut if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
All 111 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ἴδιος idios · one's own/private
ἴδιος, -α, -ον (in Attic usually -ος, -ον), [in LXX chiefly for of person(s) suff., also for לָהֶם, etc.; (τὰ ἴ.) בֵּיתוֹ ;] 1. one's own; (a) of that which is private and personal (in cl. opposite to κοινός, δημόσιος; cf. infr. 3); …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “own” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OWN, adjective
[See Owe and Ought.]
- Belonging to; possessed; peculiar; usually expressing property with emphasis, or in express exclusion of others.
- own often follows a verb; as, the book is not my own that is, my own book.
- It is used as a substitute.“That they may dwell in a place of their own” 2 Samuel 7:10
- 'He came to his own and his own received him not, ' that is, his own nation or people; own being here used as a substitute, like many other adjectives.
All definitions and other forms of “own”
OWN, verb transitive
[from the adjective.]
- To have the legal or rightful title to; to have the exclusive right of possession and use.
- To have the legal right to, without the exclusive right to use; as, a man owns the land in front of his farm to the middle of the highway.
- To acknowledge to belong to; to avow or admit that the property belongs to.
- To avow; to confess, as a fault, crime or other act; that is, to acknowledge that one has done the act; as, to own the faults of youth; to own our guilt.
- In general, to acknowledge; to confess; to avow; to admit to be true; not to deny; as, to own our weakness and frailty.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.