Unlearned

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1agrammatosG62

lit., "unlettered" (grammata, "letters:" grapho, "to write"), Act 4:13, is explained by Grimm-Thayer as meaning "unversed in the learning of the Jewish schools;" in the papyri, however, it occurs very frequently in a formula used by one who signs for another who cannot write, which suggests that the rulers, elders and scribes regarded the Apostles as "unlettered" (Moulton and Milligan).

2amathesG261

"unlearned" (manthano, "to learn"), is translated "unlearned" in 2Pe 3:16, AV (RV, "ignorant").

3apaideutosG521

"uninstructed" (paideuo, "to train, teach"), is translated "unlearned" in 2Ti 2:23, AV (RV, "ignorant").

Note: For idiotes, rendered "unlearned" in 1Co 14:16, 1Co 1:14-24, see IGNORANT, No. 4.