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.

2398 ídios (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).

Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
one's own, distinct
NASB Translation
due (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).

STRONGS NT 2398: ἴδιος

ἴδιος, ἰδίᾳ, ἴδιον (in secular authors (especially Attic) also of two term.) (from Homer down);

1. pertaining to oneself, one's own; used a. universally, of what is one's own as opposed to belonging to another: τά ἰδίᾳ πρόβατα, John 10:3ff,12; τά ἱμάτια τά ἰδίᾳ, Mark 15:20 R G Tr (for which T τά ἰδίᾳ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, L WH τά ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ); τό ἴδιον (for his own use) κτῆνος, Luke 10:34; διά τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος, Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 13:12 (ἰδίῳ αἵματι, 4 Macc. 7:8); τό ἴδιον μίσθωμα, which he had hired for himself (opposed to ἡ ξεναι (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 (ἴδιον κόπον); ; Galatians 6:5; 1 Timothy 3:4, 12; 1 Timothy 5:4; 2 Timothy 1:9; 2 Timothy 4:3; πράσσειν τά ἰδίᾳ, to do one's own business (and not intermeddle with the affairs of others), 1 Thessalonians 4:11; ἰδίᾳ ἐπίλυσις, an interpretation which one thinks out for himself, opposed to that which the Holy Spirit teaches, 2 Peter 1:20 (see γίνομαι, 5 e. α.); τήν ἰδίαν δικαιοσύνην, which one imagines is his due, opposed to δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ, awarded by God, Romans 10:3; ἰδίᾳ ἐπιθυμία, opposed to divine prompting, James 1:14; κατά τάς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας, opposed to God's requirements, 2 Timothy 4:3; with the possessive pronoun αὐτῶν added (Buttmann, 118 (103); cf. Winer's Grammar, 154 (146)), 2 Peter 3:3; ἴδιος αὐτῶν προφήτης, Titus 1:12; with αὐτοῦ added, Mark 15:20 Tdf. (see above); τά ἰδίᾳ (cf. Buttmann, § 127, 24), those things in which one differs from others, his nature and personal character — in the phrase ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων λαλεῖν, John 8:44; (cf. the figurative, τά ἰδίᾳ τοῦ σώματος, 2 Corinthians 5:10 L marginal reading (cf. Tr marginal reading); see διά, A. I. 2); ἴδιος, my own: ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσί (unassisted by others), 1 Corinthians 4:12; thine own: ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ ὀφθαλμῷ, Luke 6:41.

b. of what pertains to one's property, family, dwelling, country, etc.; of property, οὐδέ εἰς τί τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ ἔλεγεν ἴδιον εἶναι, Acts 4:32; τά ἰδίᾳ,resnostrae, our own things, i. e. house, family, property, Luke 18:28 L T Tr WH (cf. Buttmann, § 127, 24; Winer's Grammar, 592 (551)); τῇ ἰδίᾳ γενεά, in his own generation, i. e. in the age in which he lived, Acts 13:36; ἡ ἰδίᾳ πόλις, the city of which one is a citizen or inhabitant, Luke 2:3 (R G Tr marginal reading); Matthew 9:1; τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ, in their native tongue, Acts 1:19 (WH omits; Tr brackets ἰδίᾳ); Acts 2:6, 8; ἡ ἰδίᾳ δισιδαιμονια, their own (national) religion, Acts 25:19; οἱ ἴδιοι, one's own people (German dieAngehörigen), 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; εἰς τά ἰδίᾳ (German indieHeimat), 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); for אֶל־בֵּיתו, Esther 5:10; Esther 6:12); ὁ ἴδιος ἀνήρ, 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 5:24 R G; Colossians 3:18 R; οἱ ἴδιοι σεποται (of slaves), Titus 2:9. of a person who may be said to belong to one, above all others: υἱός, Romans 8:32; πατήρ, John 5:18; μαθηταί, Mark 4:34 T WH Tr marginal reading c. harmonizing with, or suitable or assigned to, one's nature, character, aims, acts; appropriate: τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσία, Acts 1:7; τόν ἴδιον, μισθόν, due reward, 1 Corinthians 3:8; τό ἴδιον σῶμα, 1 Corinthians 15:38; κατά τήν ἰδίαν δύναμιν, Matthew 25:15; ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι, 1 Corinthians 15:23; τό ἴδιον οἰκητήριον, Jude 1:6; εἰς τόν τόπον τόν ἴδιον, to the abode after death assigned by God to one according to his deeds, Acts 1:25 (Ignatius ad Magnes. 5 [ET]; Baal Turim on Numbers 24:25 Balaam ivit in locum suum, i. e. in Gehennam; see τόπος, 1 a. at the end); καιρῷ ἰδίῳ, 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 (see Winers Grammar, § 22, 7; cf. Fritzsche on Romans, ii., p. 208f; (Buttmann, 117f (103))), it takes the place of the possessive pronoun αὐτοῦ: Matthew 22:5; Matthew 25:14; John 1:41 (42) (Wis. 10:1).

2. private (in classical Greek opposed to δημόσιος, κοινός): ἰδίᾳ (cf. Winers Grammar, 591 (549) note) adverb severally, 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); with μόνος added, Mark 9:2; β. in private, privately: Mark 4:34; Galatians 2:2 (Diodorus 1, 21, opposed to κοινῇ, 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, see ἴδιος, 2.

one's own, apart, aside, due

Of 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).

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