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G2398

ἴδιος

ídios [id'-ee-os] Adjective
Core meaningone's own/private

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G2398

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

KJV usage: :--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).
Etymology: of uncertain affinity;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon

one’s own, Mk. 15:20; Jn. 7:18; due, proper, specially assigned, Gal. 6:9; 1 Tim. 2:6; 6:15; Tit. 1:3; also used in NT as a simple possessive, Eph. 5:22; τὰ ἴδια, one’s home, household, people, Jn. 1:11; 16:32; 19:17; οἱ ἴδιοι, members of one’s own household, friends, Jn. 1:11; Acts 24:23; ἰδίᾳ, adverbially, respectively, 1 Cor. 12:11; κατ’ ἰδίαν, adv., privately, aside, by one’s self, alone, Mt. 14:13, 23

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