"naked, without clothing, Mk. 14:51, 52; without the upper garment, and clad only with an inner garment or tunic, Jn. 21:7; poorly or meanly clad, destitute of proper and sufficient clothing, Mt. 25:36, 38, 43, 44; Acts 19:16; Jas. 2:15; met. unclothed with a body, 2 Cor. 5:3; not..."
Definition and meaning
naked, without clothing, Mk. 14:51, 52; without the upper garment, and clad only with an inner garment or tunic, Jn. 21:7; poorly or meanly clad, destitute of proper and sufficient clothing, Mt. 25:36, 38, 43, 44; Acts 19:16; Jas. 2:15; met. unclothed with a body, 2 Cor. 5:3; not covered, uncovered, open, manifest, Heb. 4:13; bare, mere, 1 Cor. 15:37; naked of spiritual clothing, Rev. 3:17; 16:15; 17:16
In the original Greek the word is written: γυμνός
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of gymnos (G1131) across the King James Bible.
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
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.
Then 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?
And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
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.
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.
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:
If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
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Common questions
Strong's G1131 (gymnos) is a Greek word that means: naked, without clothing, Mk. 14:51, 52; without the upper garment, and clad only with an inner garment or tunic, Jn. 21:7; poorly or meanly clad, destitute of proper and sufficient clothing, Mt. 25:36... It appears 15 times in the King James Bible.
The word gymnos (G1131) appears 15 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1131 is gymnos, a Greek word defined as: naked, without clothing, Mk. 14:51, 52; without the upper garment, and clad only with an inner garment or tunic, Jn. 21:7; poorly or meanly clad, dest. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
gymnos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.