Naked
γυμνόςStrong’s G1131gumnos
Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament
In short
Gumnos is the Greek word usually translated “naked”, “bare” and “uncovered”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.
“Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.”
Meaning
Usually translated “naked”, “bare” and “uncovered”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- naked 12
- a bare 1
- uncovered 1
- without clothes 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 4
- Revelation 3
- Mark 2
- John 1
- Acts 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 25:38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
- Matthew 25:43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
- Matthew 25:44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
- Mark 14:51And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
- Mark 14:52And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
- John 21:7Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
Greek dictionary
γυμνός gumnos · naked
γυμνός, -ή, -όν, [in LXX chiefly for עָרוֹם ;] naked, without clothing, and sometimes (as frequently in cl.) scantily or poorly clad (Isa.20:2ff., Tob.1:16, 2Ma.11:12): Mat.25:36, 38 43, 44, Mrk.14:52, Jhn.21:7, Act.19:16, Jas.2:15, Rev.3:17 16:15, 17:16; as subst., to γ., the naked body, Mrk.14:51. Metaphorical, of things exposed, Heb.4:13; of the soul without a body (Plat., Crat., with, 20, and cf. Deiss., LAE, 293), 2Co.5:3; of seed, bare, 1Co.15:37 (Cremer, 168).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “naked” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NAKED, adjective
Open, discovered, to strip.
- Not covered; bare; having no clothes on; as a naked body or a naked limb.
- Unarmed; defenseless; open; exposed; having no means of defense or protection against an enemys attack, or against other injury.
- Open to view; not concealed; manifest. Hebrews 4:13
- Destitute of worldly goods. Job 1:21
All definitions
- Exposed to shame and disgrace. Exodus 32:25
- Guilty and exposed to divine wrath.
- Plain; evident; undisguised; as the naked truth.
- Mere; bare; simple; wanting the necessary additions.
- Not inclosed in a pod or case; as naked seeds of a plant.
- Without leaves, fulcres or arms; as a naked stem or trunk.
- Not assisted by glasses; as the naked eye.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.