Naked (Adjective and Verb), Nakedness
Naked (Adjective and Verb), Nakedness
signifies (a) “unclothed,” Mar 14:52; in Mat 14:51 it is used as a noun (“his” and “body” being italicized); (b) “scantily or poorly clad,” Mat 25:36, Mat 25:38, Mat 25:43-44; Act 19:16 (with torn garments); Jam 2:15; (c) “clad in the undergarment only” (the outer being laid aside), Joh 21:7 (see CLOTHING); (d) metaphorically, (1) of “a bare seed,” 1Co 15:37; (2) of “the soul without the body,” 2Co 5:3; (3) of “things exposed to the all-seeing eye of God,” Heb 4:13; (4) of “the carnal condition of a local church,” Rev 3:17; (5) of “the similar state of an individual,” Rev 16:15; (b) of “the desolation of religious Babylon,” Rev 17:16.
“to be naked or scantily clad” (akin to A), is used in 1Co 4:11. In the Koine writings (see Preface to Vol. 1) it is used of being light-armed.
“nakedness” (akin to A), is used (a) of “want of sufficient clothing,” Rom 8:35; 2Co 11:27; (b) metaphorically, of “the nakedness of the body,” said of the condition of a local church, Rev 3:18.