Bible Dictionary: Illiterate

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Unable to read or write; ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.

Greek

62. agrammatos -- without learning, unlettered
... Adjective Transliteration: agrammatos Phonetic Spelling: (ag-ram-mat-os) Short
Definition: uneducated Definition: unlettered, illiterate, uneducated, perhaps ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3808. lo -- not
... 47), carefully (1), cheaply* (1), disregarded* (1), except (1), failed* (1), false*
(1), futile* (1), gone (1), ignorant* (1), illiterate* (1), impotent* (1 ...
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3045. yada -- to know
... had...relations (1), has (1), has regard (1), has...knowledge (1), have (4), have
relations (3), have...knowledge (2), ignorant* (1), illiterate* (1), indeed ...
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5612. sepher -- a missive, document, writing, book
... a missive, document, writing, book NASB Word Usage Book (47), book (79), books
(2), certificate (3), deed (6), deeds (3), illiterate* (1), indictment (1 ...
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Library

I Will Follow the Order of Your Letter, and Subjoin Your Very ...
... I was not so foolish as to criticize your illiterate style; no one can expose
it to condemnation so strongly as you do whenever you write. ...
/.../6 i will follow the.htm

Now Let this Simple Question Decide the Whole Matter Here...
... matter here: has this great scholar any more power of saying to this mountain,
"Be thou removed hence, and cast into the sea," than the illiterate Christian has ...
/.../address 100 0 0 now let this.htm

Letter cxviii. (AD 410. )
... you bring it before me in these words: "You know the ways of men, how prone they
are to censure, and how any one will be regarded as illiterate and stupid who ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter cxviii a d 410.htm

The Knowledge of Tropes is Necessary.
... understanding Scripture. But this is not the place to teach them to the
illiterate, lest it might seem that I was teaching grammar. I ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 29 the knowledge of tropes.htm

This is the True Height, and Depth, and Total Strength of Deism or ...
... hearts turned to God; and declared, that they only "who were of God, could hear
the Word of God!" How strange, that Christ should choose only illiterate men to ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-1-103 this is the true.htm

Epistle xxvi. To Januarius, Bishop.
... It should also be seen to that he be not illiterate, or under liability to the state,
so as to be compelled after assuming a sacred order to return to public ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xxvi to januarius bishop.htm

Eccles. 12:12 Simplicity in Preaching.
... It is an utter mistake to imagine that uneducated and illiterate men and women prefer
to be spoken to in an illiterate way, and by an uneducated person. ...
/.../chapter iii eccles 12 12 simplicity.htm

No Difference
... All men, be they kings or beggars, civilised or savage, rich or poor, wise or foolish,
cultured or illiterate, breathe the same breath, hunger and thirst, eat ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/no difference.htm

The Evidences of Christianity Briefly Stated, and the New ...
... As that illiterate man whose eyes were miraculously opened by Christ, when he was
questioned by the Jewish Sanhedrin, who endeavoured with all their sophistry ...
/.../the evidences of christianity/the evidences of christianity briefly.htm

Of the Sacraments.
... As its brevity makes it somewhat obscure, and thereby misleads the more illiterate,
I wished to remove all doubt, and make the definition fuller by stating it ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 14 of the sacraments.htm

Thesaurus

Illiterate (2 Occurrences)
... (a.) Unable to read or write; ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed;
uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people. ...Illiterate (2 Occurrences). ...
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Unlearned (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant;
illiterate. 2. (a.) Not gained by study; not known. ...
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Untrained (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 4:13 As they looked on Peter and John so fearlessly outspoken--and also discovered
that they were illiterate persons, untrained in the schools--they were ...
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Outspoken (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 4:13 As they looked on Peter and John so fearlessly outspoken--and also discovered
that they were illiterate persons, untrained in the schools--they were ...
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Ill-natured (3 Occurrences)
Ill-natured. Illiterate, Ill-natured. Illness . Noah Webster's Dictionary ... (See
RSV). Illiterate, Ill-natured. Illness . Reference Bible.
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Ignorance (27 Occurrences)
... 11:6); agrammatos, once only in connection with idiotes (Acts 4:13, "unlearned and
ignorant men"); agrammatos corresponds to modern "illiterate" (compare John 7 ...
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Illicitly (1 Occurrence)

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Fearlessly (10 Occurrences)
... Acts 4:13 As they looked on Peter and John so fearlessly outspoken--and also discovered
that they were illiterate persons, untrained in the schools--they were ...
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Discovered (46 Occurrences)
... Acts 4:13 As they looked on Peter and John so fearlessly outspoken--and also discovered
that they were illiterate persons, untrained in the schools--they were ...
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Schools (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 4:13 As they looked on Peter and John so fearlessly outspoken--and also discovered
that they were illiterate persons, untrained in the schools--they were ...
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Bible Concordance

Illiterate (2 Occurrences)

Acts 4:13 As they looked on Peter and John so fearlessly outspoken--and also discovered that they were illiterate persons, untrained in the schools--they were surprised; and now they recognized them as having been with Jesus.
(WEY)

Isaiah 29:12 And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Illiterate

Related Terms

Unlearned (7 Occurrences)

Untrained (3 Occurrences)

Outspoken (3 Occurrences)

Ill-natured (3 Occurrences)

Ignorance (27 Occurrences)

Illicitly (1 Occurrence)

Fearlessly (10 Occurrences)

Discovered (46 Occurrences)

Schools (3 Occurrences)