ἴδιοςídios

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

Greek (New Testament) · G2398

Meanings

1. one's own

(a) of that which is private and personal (in classical Greek opposed to κοινός, δημόσιος; cf. infr. 3)

(b) of property, friends, home, country, etc.: Luke 6:41, John 1:42, John 5:43, Acts 2:6, Acts 20:28, 1 Corinthians 11:21, Galatians 6:5, 2 Timothy 1:9, Hebrews 7:27, Jude 1:6, and elsewhere; πράσσειν τὰ ἴ., 1 Thessalonians 4:11; κατὰ τὰς ἰ. ἐπιθυμίας, 2 Timothy 4:3; οἱ ἴδιοι, John 1:11 John 13:1, Acts 4:23, 1 Timothy 5:8; τὰ ἴδια, one's home, Luke 18:28, John 1:11, John 16:32, John 19:27.

2. peculiar, distinct, appropriate, proper: τὸ ἴ. σῶμα, 1 Corinthians 15:38; ἐν τ. ἰ. τάγματι, 1 Corinthians 15:23; εἰς τ. τόπον τ. ἴ., Acts 1:25; = αὐτοῦ, Matthew 22:5, John 1:42 (cf. Wisdom 10:1).

3. Adverbially (see above, 1 (a); and cf. WM, 7392)

(a) ἰδίᾳ, severally, separately: 1 Corinthians 12:11

(b) κατ’ ἰδίαν, apart, privately, in private: Matthew 14:13, Matthew 14:23, Matthew 20:17, Mark 4:34, Mark 7:33, Luke 10:23, Acts 23:19, and elsewhere

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 114 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 9:1 Jesus climbed into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town.
  • Matthew 14:13 As soon as Jesus heard the news, he left in a boat to a remote area to be alone. But the crowds heard where he was headed and followed on foot from many towns.
  • Matthew 14:23 After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone.
  • Matthew 17:1 Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain to be alone.
  • Matthew 17:19 Afterward the disciples asked Jesus privately, “Why couldn’t we cast out that demon?”
  • Matthew 20:17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside privately and told them what was going to happen to him.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.