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GreekG2398Adjective

ἴδιος

idios

111Occurrences
G2398Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate

of uncertain affinity;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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.)
2.peculiar, distinct, appropriate, proper
3.Adverbially (, 1 (a); and cf. WM)
(a)ἰδίᾳ, severally, separately
(b)κατ᾽ ἰδίαν, apart, privately, in private
LXX: chiefly for of person(s) suff., also for לָהֶם, etc.; (τὰ ἴ.) בֵּיתוֹ

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ἴδιος appears 111 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
16
John
14
1 Corinthians
13
Matthew
10
1 Timothy
9
2 Peter
7
Mark
7
Luke
6

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 11:21BSB

For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.

1 Timothy 4:2BSB

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

Acts 23:19BSB

The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”

John 10:3BSB

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Matthew 17:19BSB

Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.