Rude

RUDE rood:

Not "impolite" in English Versions of the Bible (except perhaps 2 Macc 12:14), but "untrained," "ignorant"; compare the modern phrase, "a rude drawing." So Sirach 8:4 (apaideutos) and 2 Corinthians 11:6 (idiotes, `though I lack technical training in rhetoric'); compare the King James Version and the Revised Version margin Sirach 21:24.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'RUDE'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.