The meaning of “γυμνός”
Understanding gymnós reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
of uncertain affinity naked. - nude (absolute or relative, literal or figurative)
γυμνός
of uncertain affinity naked. - nude (absolute or relative, literal or figurative)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 25:43 | “I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.” Word: γυμνός (gymnós) | |
| Mark 14:52 | “And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.” Word: γυμνός (gymnós) | |
| John 21:7 | “Therefore 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.” Word: γυμνός (gymnós) | |
| Acts 19:16 | “And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.” Word: γυμνός (gymnós) | |
| 1 Corinthians 15:37 | “And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: ” Word: γυμνός (gymnós) |