# G2399 ἰδιώτης

ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs), Strong’s G2399: a private person, i.e. (by implication) an ignoramus (compare "idiot") KJV: ignorant, rude, unlearned. Occurs 5 times.

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*idiṓtēs* — a private person, i.e. (by implication) an ignoramus (compare "idiot")

KJV: ignorant, rude, unlearned

Derived from [ἴδιος ídios](https://besorah.bible/word/G2398) (pertaining to self, i.e. one's own)

Occurs 5 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 4:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/4?v=13) — Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and Yochanan, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they…
- [1 Corinthians 14:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/14?v=16) — Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the “Amen” at your giving…
- [1 Corinthians 14:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/14?v=23) — If therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving…
- [1 Corinthians 14:24](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/14?v=24) — But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned comes in, he is reproved by all, and he is judged by all.
- [2 Corinthians 11:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/11?v=6) — But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you…