Biblica Analytica
G2398 Greek

ἴδιος

idios

one's own/private

Lexicon Entry

Definition
one's own/private
Transliteration
idios
Strong's Number
G2398
Occurrences
117

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

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The term "ἴδιος" (idios) is a Greek adjective that appears 117 times in the Bible. Its short definition, "one's own/private," captures its fundamental meaning, emphasizing a sense of possession, exclusivity, or intimacy. This private ownership can encompass various aspects, including personal, familial, or communal relationships. In terms of usage, "ἴδιος" appears to be a versatile term with a range of applications. It can describe possession (e.g., a person's own household, Mark 9:29), familial relationships (e.g., one's own family members, Mark 3:33-34), and even divine attributes (e.g., God's own glory, Isaiah 42:8). This diversity of usage underscores the word's significance in conveying a sense of uniqueness, ownership, or special affinity. The frequency and variety of "ἴδιος" in the biblical text highlight its importance in articulating the nuances of human experience, relationships, and interactions with higher powers. Its meaning of "one's own/private" serves as a foundation for exploring themes such as identity, belonging, and connection, ultimately revealing the word's substantial contribution to the Bible's rich tapestry of ideas and concepts.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
G2398
Lemma
ἴδιος
Transliteration
idios
Definition
one's own/private
Occurrences
117
Model
groq
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

117 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

Matthew 14:13

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

Matthew 9:1

He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.

Matthew 14:23

After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

Matthew 17:1

After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.

Matthew 17:19

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?”

Matthew 20:17

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

Matthew 22:5

But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,

Matthew 24:3

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”

Matthew 25:14

“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

Matthew 25:15

To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

Mark 4:34

Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

Mark 4:34

Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

Mark 6:31

He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

Mark 6:32

They went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.

Mark 7:33

He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.

Mark 9:2

After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.

Mark 9:28

When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

Mark 13:3

As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

Luke 6:41

Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

Luke 6:44

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don’t gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

Luke 9:10

The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them and withdrew apart to a desert region of a city called Bethsaida.

Luke 10:23

Turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,

Luke 10:34

came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Luke 18:28

Peter said, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”

John 1:11

He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

John 1:11

He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

John 1:41

He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

John 4:44

For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

John 5:18

For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

John 5:43

I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

John 7:18

He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

John 8:44

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

John 10:3

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

John 10:4

Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

John 10:12

He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.

John 13:1

Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

John 15:19

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 16:32

Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

John 19:27

Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.

Acts 1:7

He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.

Acts 1:19

It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood.’

Acts 1:25

to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”

Acts 2:6

When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.

Acts 2:8

How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?

Acts 3:12

When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?

Acts 4:23

Being let go, they came to their own company and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

Acts 4:32

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

Acts 13:36

For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

Acts 20:28

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Acts 21:6

After saying goodbye to each other, we went on board the ship, and they returned home again.