Unlearned
ἰδιώτηςStrong’s G2399idiōtēs
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Idiōtēs is the Greek word usually translated “uninstructed”, “ordinary” and “uninstructed ones”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”
Meaning
Usually translated “uninstructed”, “ordinary” and “uninstructed ones”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- uninstructed 2
- ordinary 1
- uninstructed ones 1
- unpolished 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 3
- Acts 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 14:16Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
- 1 Corinthians 14:23If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
- 1 Corinthians 14:24But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
- 2 Corinthians 11:6But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
Greek dictionary
ἰδιώτης idiōtēs · 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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “unlearned” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNLEARN'ED, participle passive
- Forgotten.
- adjective Not learned; ignorant; illiterate; not instructed.
- Not gained by study; not known.
- Not suitable to a learned man; as unlearned verses.
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.