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Strong G2398ἴδιος

one's own/private

Transliteration
idios
Pronunciation
id'-ee-os
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

Of uncertain affinity;
pertaining to self that is 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).

Detailed definition

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);
__(b) of property, friends, home, country, etc. (in cl. opposite to ἀλλότριος; in late writers often, like ἑαυτοῦ, with weakened sense, see M, Pr., 87ff.; Deiss., BS, 123f.): Luk.6:41, Jhn.1:42 5:43, Act.2:6 20:28, 1Co.11:21, Gal.6:5, 2Ti.1:9, Heb.7:27, Ju 6, al.; πράσσειν τὰ ἴ., 1Th.4:11; κατὰ τὰς ἰ. ἐπιθυμίας, 2Ti.4:3; οἱ ἴδιοι, Jhn.1:11 (M, Pr., 90f.; Field, Notes, 84) 13:1, Act.4:23, 1Ti.5:8; τὰ ἴδια, one's home (Field, Notes, l.with), Luk.18:28, Jhn.1:11 16:32 19:27.

2. peculiar, distinct, appropriate, proper: τὸ ἴ. σῶμα, 1Co.15:38; ἐν τ. ἰ. τάγματι, 1Co.15:23; εἰς τ. τόπον τ. ἴ., Act.1:25; = αὐτοῦ (see Deiss., ut. supr.), Mat.22:5, Jhn.1:42 (cf. Wis.10:1).

3. Adverbially (see supr., 1 (a); and cf. WM, 739:2);
__(a) ἰδίᾳ, severally, separately: 1Co.12:11;
__(b) κατ᾽ ἰδίαν, apart, privately, in private: Mat.14:13, 23 20:17, Mrk.4:34 7:33, Luk.10:23, Act.23:19, al.
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In the Bible

Strong G2398 appears in 109 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • own70
  • privately8
  • apart5
  • his4
  • due3
  • unto3
  • be2
  • their2
  • acquaintance1
  • aside1
  • business1
  • company1

First verses

  1. Matthew 9:1
    And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
  2. Matthew 14:13
    When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
  3. Matthew 14:23
    And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
  4. Matthew 17:1
    And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
  5. Matthew 17:19
    Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
  6. Matthew 20:17
    And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
  7. Matthew 22:5
    But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
  8. Matthew 24:3
    And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
  9. Matthew 25:14
    For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
  10. Matthew 25:15
    And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
  11. Mark 4:34
    But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
  12. Mark 6:31
    And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
  13. Mark 6:32
    And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
  14. Mark 7:33
    And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
  15. Mark 9:2
    And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
  16. Mark 9:28
    And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
  17. Mark 13:3
    And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
  18. Mark 15:20
    And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
  19. Luke 2:3
    And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
  20. Luke 6:41
    And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
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ἴδιος [ῐδ], α, ον,
Attic dialect also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 349b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 532b32 (see. entry near the end))]:
I one's own, pertaining to oneself: hence,
I.1 private, personal (opposed to κοινός): twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, πρῆξις δ᾽ ἥδ᾽ ἰδίη οὐ δήμιος)] this business is private, not public, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.82; δήμιον ἦ ἴδιο; 4.314)]; ἴδιος ἐν κοινῷ σταλείς embarking as a private man in a public cause, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.49)]; ἰ. στόλῳ χρᾶσθαι, opposed to δημοσίῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.63; γῆς.. νοσούσης ἴ. κινοῦντες κακά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 636; κοινὸν ἐξ ἰδίας ἀνοίας κακόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 641 (Lyric poetry), compare “Or.” 766 (troch.))]; ἴδια πράσσων ἢ στρατοῦ ταχθεὶς ὕπ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “IA” 1363 (troch.); ἴ. κέρδεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.100; συμφορά 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.11; πρόσοδος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.11; τὰ ἴ. διάφορα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37; πλοῦτος ἴ. καὶ δημόσιος [prev. author] 1.80, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 521a; ἴ. οὐ κοινὸς πόνος [prev. work] 535b, compare 543b)]; ξυμβόλαια[Refs ([prev. work] 443e; ἰ. ἢ πολιτικὴ πρᾶξις [prev. author] “Grg.” 484d; πόλεις καὶ ἴ. οἶκοι [prev. author] “Lg.” 890b, compare 796d)], etc.; τὰ ἱρά, opposed to τὰ ἴ., temples, opposed to private buildings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.9, 8.109)]; τὸ ἐν ἰδίοις discussion among private persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 225b.)]
I.2 one's own, opposed to ἀλλότριος, ἐπικώμια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.32; ἡ ἰ. ἐλευθερίη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.147; Ζεὺς ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 404 (Lyric poetry); ἰδίᾳ γνώμᾳ [prev. work] 543 (Lyric poetry))]; οὔτοι τὰ χρήματ᾽ ἴ. κέκτηνται βροτοί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 555)]; φίλων οὐδὲν ἴ., ={κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλων}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Andr.” 376: with _pronoun_, χωρίον ἡμέτερον ἴδιον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 55.8.)]
I.3 τὰ ἴ. private interests, opposed to public, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.82, 2.61, etc.)]; one's own property, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.141, etc.)]; τὰ ἴ. πράττειν mind one's own business, in later Gr., [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 405, cf. NT.1Thes.4.11)]; μένειν ἐπὶ τῶν ἰ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.57.5)]; εἰς τὸ ἴ. καταθέσθαι for self, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.3, etc.: with _pronoun_, τοὐμὸν ἴ. εἰπεῖν)] my personal opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.8)]; τὰ ἐμὰ ἴ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.66)]; τὰ αὑτοῦ ἴ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 440 (uncertain reading), compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.61, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.127)]; τὰ ὑμέτερα ἴ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.307)]; τὰ ἴ. σφῶν αὐτῶν, τὰ ἴ. τὰ σφέτερα αὐτῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.2, 3.36)]; ἔγωγε τοὐμὸν ἴ. I for my own part, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 9.)]
I.4 of persons, personally attached to one, ἴδιοι Σελεύκου [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.6.4, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1315a36, “UPZ” 146.38 (2nd c.BC), 109.18 (1st c.BC))]; ἄνθρωπος ἴδιος τῇ εὐνοίᾳ τῇ πρὸς.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 32 (3rd c.BC))]; ταῖς εὐνοίαις ἴδιοι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.26)]; ἴδιοι, οἱ, members of one's family, relatives, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 665 ii 1 (1st c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 70.5, etc.)]
I.5 ἡ ἰ. (sometimes with κώμη added, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 15.13 (2nd c.AD)))], one's place of origin, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 327.28 (2nd c.AD), etc.: _plural_, καταπορεύεσθαι εἰς τὰς ἰ.[prev. work]5.7 (2nd c.BC).)]
I.6 in later Gr., almost as a possessive pronoun,= ἑαυτοῦ, ἑαυτῶν, ἡ ἰ. φιλαγαθία [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 22.1011.71 (2nd c.BC))], etc.; χρῶνται ὡς ἰδίοις [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 11.14 (2nd c.BC))]; περὶ τῶν ἰ. βιβλίων, title of work by Galen.
I.6.b ἴ. θάνατος one's own, i.e. a natural death, Ramsay Cities and Bishoprics[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (No. 133; ἰδίοις τελευτῶσι θανάτοις 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 199; also ἰδία μοίρῃ Ramsay op.cit. No. 187.)]
II separate, distinct, ἔθνος ἴ. καὶ οὐδαμῶς Σκυθικόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.18, compare 22)]; ἴδιοί τινές σοι [θεοί]; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 890; ἑκάστῳ τῶν ὀνομάτων ὑπόκειταί τις ἴδιος οὐσία 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 349b)]; πόλεις.. βαρβάρους καὶ ἰδίας Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.183)]; ὁ βάτραχος ἰδίαν ἔχει τὴν γλῶτταν, τὴν ἰ. ἀφίησι φωνήν, a peculiar kind of tongue,.. its peculiar note, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 536a8, 11: followed by ἤ, ἴδιον ἔπασχεν πάθος ἢ οἱ ἄλλοι)] unique and different from others, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 481c; so ἴδιον παρὰ τὰ ἄλλα 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.4.10.)]
II.b ἴ. λόγος, in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, private account, δεδώκαμεν Πύρωνι τὸν ἔσχατόν σου ἴ. λόγον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 253 (3rd c.BC),compare “PGrenf.” 1.16 (2nd c.BC))], etc.; later, special account, a branch of the fiscal administration, Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Chr.” 162 (2nd c.BC), “PAmh.” 2.31 (2nd c.BC), “PGnom.Prooem.” (2nd c.AD))], etc.; ὁ γνώμων τοῦ ἰ. λόγου [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 669.44 (1st c.AD))]; also as the title of the Controller, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.12 codices, “OGI” 408 (2nd c.AD), Mitteis “Chr.” 372 vi 1 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.2 strange, unusual, ἰδίοισιν ὑμεναίοισι κοὐχὶ σώφροσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 558)]; peculiar, exceptional, περιττὸν καὶ ἴ. γένος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 760a5; τὰ περιττὰ καὶ ἴ. τῶν δένδρων 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.7.1)]; παράδοξον εἰπεῖν τι καὶ περιττὸν καὶ ἴ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1068b)]; eccentric, of persons, [Refs ([prev. work]57e)]; ἴ. τις ἐν πᾶσι βουλόμενος εἶναι [Refs ([prev. author] “Them.” 18.)]
II.3 peculiar, appropriate, ἴδια ὀνόματα proper, specific words, opposed to περιέχοντα, class-names, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1407a31; ὄνομα ἴ. τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 580e; τὸ ἴ. τοῦ ἐπαίνου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pr.Im.” 19.)]
III ἴ. λόγοι ordinary private conversation, opposed to ποίησις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 366e, compare “Euthd.” 305d; see infr. VI. 2b.)]
IV τὸ ἴ. characteristic property of a species, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 102a18, 103b11, 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.75, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.5.13)]; but also, distinguishing feature in a relative sense, ἴ. πρός τι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 128b25.)]
V regular comparative ἰδιώτερος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.73, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.1.6)]: superlative -ώτατος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.65, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.14.2)]; also ἰδιαίτερος, -αίτατος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 656a26, 658b33; -αίτατος but not -αίτερος _accusative_ to Thom.Mag. p.189R.)]
VI adverb ἰδίως, peculiarly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.108)]; severally, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 807b)]: comparative ἰδιωτέρως [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.13.4; ὡς -ώτερον εἰπεῖν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.68 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; ἰδιαίτερον 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.6.7: _superlative_ ἰδιώτατα (variant{-αίτατα}) 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.1)]; ἰδίως καλεῖσθαι to be called specifically, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 394b28; -αίτατα λέγεσθαι [prev. author] “Mete.” 382a3)]; ἰδίως, opposed to κοινῶς, λέγεσθαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1014.41)] F. (but in Grammars, to be used as a proper name, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 634.13))]; in a peculiar sense or usage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 115; ἰ.Αἰσχύλος τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονα ἐπὶ σκηνῆς ἀναιρεῖσθαι ποιεῖ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” argument, cf. Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1116)]; also,= extra versum, τὸ φεῦ ἰδίως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 41 (variant{ἰδίᾳ}).)]
VI.2 ἰδίᾳ, Ionic dialect -ιη, as adverb, by oneself, privately, on one's own account, θύοντι ἰδίῃ μούνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132, compare 192, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 467; οὔτε ἰδίᾳ οὔτε ἐν κοινῷ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141; καὶ ἰ. καὶ δημοσίᾳ [prev. author] 3.45, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30b; καὶ ἰ. καὶ κοινῇ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 40.3; ἰδίᾳ ἕκαστος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 946d, etc.: with _genitive_, ἰ. τῆς φρενός)] apart from.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 102.)]
VI.2.b in ordinary talk, opposed to ὑπὸ ποιητῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 363e, compare 606c; see above 111.)]
VI.3 κατ᾽ ἰδίαν in private, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 169; κατ᾽ ἰδίαν εἰπεῖν τινι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.21)]; κατ᾽ ἰ. λαβεῖν τινα to take him aside, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.84.8)]; also, separately, apart, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.120d; οἱ κατ᾽ ἰ. βίοι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.71.1. (ϝίδιος “Tab.Heracl.” 1.13, +others, “Schwyzer” 324.4 (Delph., 4th c.BC), “IG” 9(1).333.12 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC))], etc.; with spiritus asper, ἐκ τοῦ ηιδίου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Jahresh.” 14 “Beibl.” 141 (Argos, 5th c.BC))]; καθ᾽ ἱδίαν [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“IG” 22.891.6, 5(1).6 (_Laconian dialect_), 9(2).66 (from Lamia), 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 3.159, etc.)]; καθ᾽ ἱδδίαν probably in [Refs (“IG” 9(2).461.26 (Thess.).))]