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γυμνός — naked · Greek word G1131

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γυμνόςgumnos
naked
Greek · G1131 · 47 occurrences · 46 references

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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).†
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Liddell–Scott–Jones

γυμνός, ή, όν,
A naked, unclad, γ. περ ἐών Od. 6.136, etc.; τὰ γ. Thphr. Char. 4.4: Comp., Ἴρου γυμνότερος Procop.Gaz. Ep. 122; γυμνὸν στάδιον, opp. ὁπλιτοδρόμος, Pi. P. 11.49.
2 unarmed, οὐδ’ ὑπέμεινε Πάτροκλον, γυμνόν περ ἐόντ’ ἐν δηϊοτῆτι Il. 16.815, etc.; γυμνὰ τὰ νῶτα παρέχειν Plu. Fab. 11; τὰ γυμνά parts not covered by armour, exposed parts, Th. 3.23, X. HG 4.4.12; esp. right side (the left being covered by the shields), Th. 5.10.71.
3 of things bare, γ. τόξον an uncoveredbow,i.e. taken out of the case, Od. 11.607; γ.ὀϊστός 21.417; γ. μάχαιραι Theoc. 22.146; ξίφος A.R. 1.1254; γ. τῇ κεφαλῇ Pl. Phdr. 243b.
4 c.gen., stripped of a thing, κολεοῦ γ. φάσγανον Pi. N. 1.52, cf. X. Ages. 2.14; κᾶπος [δένδρων] γ. Pi. O. 3.24; γ. ὀστράκων A. Fr. 337; γ. προπομπῶν Id. Pers. 1036 (lyr.); (but also γ. τῶν ἀριστείων ἄτερ S. Aj. 464 ): in Prose, γ. ὅπλων Hdt. 2.141 (v.l.); ἡ ψυχὴ γ. τοῦ σώματος Pl. Cra. 403b, cf. R. 577b, Grg. 523d: Comp. ἀνδριάντων -ότερος D.Chr. 34.3.
5 lightly clad, i.e. in the undergarment only, Hes. Op. 391, Ar. Nu. 498, Pl. R. 474a, Luc. Herm. 23; μικροῦ γ. ἐν τῷ χιτωνίσκῳ D. 21.216; of horses, without harness, Arr. Cyn. 24.3.
6 of facts, naked, bald, γυμνῶν τῶν πραγμάτων θεωρουμένων D.S. 1.76; γ. τὸ ἔργον διηγήσασθαι Luc. Tox. 42; γυμνοτέροις χρήσασθαι τοῖς ὀνόμασιν Ph. 1.5; γ. χρῆσθαι τῇ μιμήσει Demetr. Eloc. 112. Adv. -ῶς baldly, Sch. A. Pers. 740.
7 destitute, PSI 6.605.4 (iii B.C.), etc.
8 bare, mere, κόκκος 1 Ep.Cor. 15.37.
9 beardless, A.R. 2.707.
10 scalped, Archil. 161.
11 γυμνή: ἄνηβος, Hsch.
12 prov. of impossibilities, γυμνῷ φυλακὴν ἐπιτάττεις Pherecr. 144, Philem. 12. (Akin to Skt. nagnás, Lat. nādus, etc.; cf. λυγνός.)
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Where it occurs

Septuagint 29

Genesis (LXX) 3:7 3:10 3:11 27:16
1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 19:24
2 Chronicles (LXX) 28:15
Proverbs (LXX) 23:31
Hosea (LXX) 2:3
Amos (LXX) 2:16 4:3
Micah (LXX) 1:8
Isaiah (LXX) 20:2 20:3 20:4 32:11 58:7
Ezekiel (LXX) 16:7 16:22 16:39 18:7 18:16 23:29
Daniel (Old Greek) 4:30b

Intertestamental 3

Tobit 1:17 4:16
2 Maccabees 11:12

New Testament 15

John 21:7
Acts 19:16
1 Corinthians 15:37
2 Corinthians 5:3
Hebrews 4:13
James 2:15
Revelation 3:17 16:15 17:16
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