Strong's Lexicon
idios: own, private, personal, peculiar
Original Word:ἴδιος
Part of Speech:Adjective
Transliteration:idios
Pronunciation:EE-dee-os
Phonetic Spelling:(id'-ee-os)
Definition:own, private, personal, peculiar
Meaning:one's own, belonging to one, private, personal; one's own people, one's own family, home, property.
Word Origin:A primary word
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is "בַּעַל" (ba'al - H1167), which can mean owner, master, or husband, emphasizing possession or relationship.
Usage:The Greek word "idios" is used to denote something that belongs to oneself, is private, or is peculiar to an individual. It often emphasizes personal possession or association, distinguishing what is one's own from what belongs to others. In the New Testament, "idios" is used to highlight personal responsibility, ownership, or relationship.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of personal ownership and identity was significant. The use of "idios" would resonate with the cultural understanding of property, family, and individual rights. In a society where lineage and personal honor were highly valued, distinguishing what was "one's own" was crucial for maintaining social order and personal dignity.
HELPS Word-studies
2398ídios (a primitive word,NAS dictionary) – properly,uniquely one's own,peculiar to the individual.2398/ídios ("uniquely one's own") is "stronger than the simple possessive pronoun ('own'). This emphatic adjective means 'private,personal' " (WS, 222).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origina prim. word
Definitionone's own, distinct
NASB Translationdue (1), friends (1), himself (4), home (1), individually (1), one's own (1), own (84), owner (1), private* (1), privately* (7), proper (4), themselves (3), themselves* (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2398: ἴδιοςἴδιος,
ἰδίᾳ,
ἴδιον (in secular authors (especially Attic) also of two term.) (from
Homer down);
1.pertaining to oneself, one's own; used a. universally, ofwhat is one's own as opposed tobelonging to another:τάἰδίᾳπρόβατα,John 10:3ff,12;τάἱμάτιατάἰδίᾳ,Mark 15:20RGTr (for whichTτάἰδίᾳἱμάτιααὐτοῦ,LWHτάἱμάτιααὐτοῦ);τόἴδιον (for his own use)κτῆνος,Luke 10:34;διάτοῦἰδίουαἵματος,Hebrews 9:12;Hebrews 13:12 (ἰδίῳαἵματι, 4 Macc. 7:8);τόἴδιονμίσθωμα, which he had hired for himself (opposed toἡξεναι (which see), 23),Acts 28:30; add,John 5:43;John 12:18;Acts 3:12;Acts 13:36;Romans 11:24;Romans 14:4;1 Corinthians 3:8 (ἴδιονκόπον);;Galatians 6:5;1 Timothy 3:4, 12;1 Timothy 5:4;2 Timothy 1:9;2 Timothy 4:3;πράσσειντάἰδίᾳ, to do one's own business (and not intermeddle with the affairs of others),1 Thessalonians 4:11;ἰδίᾳἐπίλυσις, an interpretation which one thinks out for himself, opposed to that which the Holy Spirit teaches,2 Peter 1:20 (seeγίνομαι, 5 e.α.);τήνἰδίανδικαιοσύνην, which one imagines is his due, opposed toδικαιοσύνηΘεοῦ, awarded by God,Romans 10:3;ἰδίᾳἐπιθυμία, opposed to divine prompting,James 1:14;κατάτάςἰδίαςἐπιθυμίας, opposed to God's requirements,2 Timothy 4:3; with the possessive pronounαὐτῶν added (Buttmann, 118 (103); cf.Winer's Grammar, 154 (146)),2 Peter 3:3;ἴδιοςαὐτῶνπροφήτης,Titus 1:12; withαὐτοῦ added,Mark 15:20Tdf. (see above);τάἰδίᾳ (cf.Buttmann, § 127, 24), those things in which one differs from others, his nature and personal character — in the phraseἐκτῶνἰδίωνλαλεῖν,John 8:44; (cf. the figurative,τάἰδίᾳτοῦσώματος,2 Corinthians 5:10L marginal reading (cf.Tr marginal reading); seeδιά, A. I. 2);ἴδιος,my own:ταῖςἰδίαιςχερσί (unassisted by others),1 Corinthians 4:12;thine own:ἐντῷἰδίῳὀφθαλμῷ,Luke 6:41.b. ofwhat pertains to one's property, family, dwelling, country, etc.; of property,οὐδέεἰςτίτῶνὑπαρχόντωναὐτῷἔλεγενἴδιονεἶναι,Acts 4:32;τάἰδίᾳ,resnostrae, our own things, i. e. house, family, property,Luke 18:28LTTrWH (cf.Buttmann, § 127, 24;Winer's Grammar, 592 (551));τῇἰδίᾳγενεά,in his own generation, i. e. in the age in which he lived,Acts 13:36;ἡἰδίᾳπόλις, the city of which one is a citizen or inhabitant,Luke 2:3 (RGTr marginal reading);Matthew 9:1;τῇἰδίᾳδιαλέκτῳ, in their native tongue,Acts 1:19 (WH omits;Tr bracketsἰδίᾳ);Acts 2:6, 8;ἡἰδίᾳδισιδαιμονια, their own (national) religion,Acts 25:19;οἱἴδιοι,one's own people (GermandieAngehörigen), one's fellow-countrymen, associates,John 1:11, cf. 2 Macc. 12:22; one's household, persons belonging to the house, family, or company,John 13:1;Acts 4:23;Acts 24:23;1 Timothy 5:8;εἰςτάἰδίᾳ (GermanindieHeimat), to one's native land, home,John 1:11 (meaning here, the land of Israel);John 16:32;John 19:27 (3Macc. 6:27; 1 Esdr. 5:46 (47); forאֶל־בֵּיתו,Esther 5:10;Esther 6:12);ὁἴδιοςἀνήρ, a husband,1 Corinthians 7:2 (Buttmann, 117 (102) note; cf.Winer's Grammar, 154 (146)); plural,Ephesians 5:22;Titus 2:5;1 Peter 3:1, 5;Ephesians 5:24RG;Colossians 3:18R;οἱἴδιοισεποται (of slaves),Titus 2:9. ofa person who may be said to belong to one, above all others:υἱός,Romans 8:32;πατήρ,John 5:18;μαθηταί,Mark 4:34TWHTr marginal reading c.harmonizing with, or suitable or assigned to, one's nature, character, aims, acts; appropriate:τῇἰδίᾳἐξουσία,Acts 1:7;τόνἴδιον,μισθόν, due reward,1 Corinthians 3:8;τόἴδιονσῶμα,1 Corinthians 15:38;κατάτήνἰδίανδύναμιν,Matthew 25:15;ἐντῷἰδίῳτάγματι,1 Corinthians 15:23;τόἴδιονοἰκητήριον,Jude 1:6;εἰςτόντόποντόνἴδιον, to the abode after death assigned by God to one according to his deeds,Acts 1:25 (Ignatius ad Magnes. 5 [ET]; Baal Turim onNumbers 24:25 Balaam ivit in locum suum, i. e. in Gehennam; seeτόπος, 1 a. at the end);καιρῷἰδίῳ, at a time suitable to the matter in hand (A. V.in due season),Galatians 6:9; plural,1 Timothy 2:6;1 Timothy 6:15;Titus 1:3.
d. By a usage foreign to the earlier Greeks, but found in the church Fathers and the Byzantine writings (seeWiners Grammar, § 22, 7; cf. Fritzsche on Romans, ii., p. 208f; (Buttmann, 117f (103))), it takes the place of the possessive pronounαὐτοῦ:Matthew 22:5;Matthew 25:14;John 1:41 (42) (Wis. 10:1).
2.private (in classical Greek opposed toδημόσιος,κοινός):ἰδίᾳ (cf.Winers Grammar, 591 (549) note) adverbseverally, separately,1 Corinthians 12:11 (often in Greek writings).κατ'ἰδίαν (namely,χώραν),α.apart:Matthew 14:13;Matthew 17:19;Matthew 20:17;Matthew 24:3;Mark 6:31;Mark 7:33;Mark 9:2, 28;Mark 13:3;Luke 9:10;Luke 10:23;Acts 23:19 (Polybius 4, 84, 8); withμόνος added,Mark 9:2;β.in private, privately:Mark 4:34;Galatians 2:2 (Diodorus 1, 21, opposed toκοινῇ, 2 Macc. 4:5;Ignatius ad Smyrn. 7, 2 [ET]). The word is not found in the book of Revelation.
STRONGS NT 2398: κατ' ἰδίανκατ' ἰδίαν, seeἴδιος, 2.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
one's own, apart, aside, dueOf uncertain affinity; pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate -- X his acquaintance, when they were alone, apart, aside, due, his (own, proper, several), home, (her, our, thine, your) own (business), private(-ly), proper, severally, their (own).
Forms and Transliterations
ιδια ιδία ίδια ἰδίᾳ ἴδια ιδιαις ιδίαις ἰδίαις ιδιαν ιδίαν ἰδίαν ιδιας ιδίας ἰδίας ιδιοι ἴδιοι ιδιοις ιδίοις ἰδίοις ιδιον ίδιον ἴδιον ιδιος ίδιος ἴδιος ιδιου ιδίου ἰδίου ιδιους ιδίους ἰδίους ιδιω ιδίω ἰδίῳ ιδιων ιδίων ἰδίων idia ídia idíāi idiais idíais idian idían idias idías idio idiō idioi idíoi idíōi ídioi idiois idíois idion idiōn idíon idíōn ídion idios ídios idiou idíou idious idíousLinks
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