"nakedness; want of proper and sufficient clothing, Rom. 8:35; 2 Cor. 11:27; spiritual nakedness, being destitute of spiritual clothing, Rev. 3:18*"
Definition and meaning
nakedness; want of proper and sufficient clothing, Rom. 8:35; 2 Cor. 11:27; spiritual nakedness, being destitute of spiritual clothing, Rev. 3:18*
In the original Greek the word is written: γυμνότης
Historical context
Paul wrote Romans from Corinth, one of the most important commercial cities in the empire. Rome had a Jewish population of around 50,000. The letter addresses real tensions between Jewish believers with centuries of Torah tradition and Gentile believers with no such background. Emperor Nero was on the throne. Within ten years he would execute both Paul and Peter.
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 gymnotes (G1132) across the King James Bible.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
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Common questions
Strong's G1132 (gymnotes) is a Greek word that means: nakedness; want of proper and sufficient clothing, Rom. 8:35; 2 Cor. 11:27; spiritual nakedness, being destitute of spiritual clothing, Rev. 3:18* It appears 3 times in the King James Bible.
The word gymnotes (G1132) appears 3 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1132 is gymnotes, a Greek word defined as: nakedness; want of proper and sufficient clothing, Rom. 8:35; 2 Cor. 11:27; spiritual nakedness, being destitute of spiritual clothing, Rev. 3:18*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
gymnotes is a Greek word found in the New Testament.