Definition:
γυμνός, -ή, -όν, [in LXX chiefly for עָרוֹם;] naked, without clothing, and sometimes (as frequently in cl.) scantily or poorly clad (Isa.20:2 ff, 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)
Definition:
γυμνός, ή, όν,
naked, unclad, γ. περ ἐών [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
comparative, Ἴρου γυμνότερος [
Refs 5th c.AD+]; γυμνὸν στάδιον, opposed to ὁπλιτοδρόμος, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
unarmed, οὐδ᾽ ὑπέμεινε Πάτροκλον, γυμνόν περ ἐόντ᾽ ἐν δηϊοτῆτι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
parts not covered by armour, exposed parts, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially
right side (the left being covered by the shields), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) of things
bare, γ. τόξον an
uncoveredbow,i.e. taken out of the case, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
4) c.
genitive,
stripped of a thing, κολεοῦ γ. φάσγανον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
comparative ἀνδριάντων -ότερος [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
5)
lightly clad, i.e.
in the undergarment only, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of horses,
without harness, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
6) of facts,
naked, bald, γυμνῶν τῶν πραγμάτων θεωρουμένων [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
adverb -ῶς
baldly, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
7)
destitute, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
8)
bare, mere, κόκκος [
NT]
9)
beardless, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
10)
scalped, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
11) γυμνή· ἄνηβος, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
12) proverbial of impossibilities, γυμνῷ φυλακὴν ἐπιτάττεις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Akin to Sanskrit
nagnás, Latin
nādus, etc; compare λυγνός.)