Topic
Naked; Nakedness
27 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Genesis 2:25ISBE
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
- Genesis 3:7ISBE
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
- Genesis 9:22ISBE
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- Genesis 9:23ISBE
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
- Exodus 32:25ISBE
¶ And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
- Leviticus 18:19ISBE
Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
- 1 Samuel 20:30ISBE
Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
- 2 Chronicles 28:19ISBE
For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.
- Job 22:6ISBE
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
- Isaiah 20:2–4ISBE
At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked…
- Isaiah 20:3ISBE
And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
- Lamentations 1:8ISBE
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
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- Ezekiel 16:36 ISBE
- Ezekiel 16:37 ISBE
- Ezekiel 22:10 ISBE
- Ezekiel 23:18 ISBE
- Ezekiel 23:29 ISBE
- Hosea 2:3 ISBE
- Micah 1:8 ISBE
- Nahum 3:5 ISBE
- Habakkuk 2:15 ISBE
- 2 Maccabees 4:12 ISBE
- 2 Maccabees 4:13 ISBE
- Mark 14:51 ISBE
- Mark 14:52 ISBE
- John 21:7 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 4:11 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 29 references
na'-ked, na'-ked-nes: "Naked" in the Old Testament represents various derivatives of `ur and `arah chiefly, `arom (adj.) and `erwah (noun); in the New Testament the adjective is gumnos, the noun gumnotes, with verb gumneteuo, in 1Co 4:11. In Ex 32:25; 2Ch 28:19, the King James Version adds para`, "break loose," "cast away restraint." Both the Greek and Hebrew forms mean "without clothing," but in both languages they, are used frequently in the sense of "lightly clad" or, simply, "without an outer garment." So, probably, is the meaning in Joh 21:7--Peter was wearing only the chiton (see DRESS); and so perhaps in Mr 14:51,52 and Mic 1:8. In Isa 20:2-4, however, the meaning is literally (for the "three years" of Isa 20:3 see the commentaries). So in Ge 2:25; 3:7, where the act of sin is immediately followed by the sense of shame (see Delitzsch, Biblical Psychology, and Gunkel, at the place). A very common use of "naked" is also "without proper clothing" (Job 22:6; 1Co 4:11, etc.), whence, of course, the expression "clothe naked." "Nakedness," in addition, is used as an euphemism in 1Sa 20:30. A slightly different euphemistic usage is that of Le 18:19, which in Eze 16:36,37 is played off against the literal sense (compare Eze 22:10; 23:18,29). The point of Ge 9:22,23 is a little hard to grasp, but apparently there is here again an euphemism--this time for a particularly horrible act (see the commentaries and compare Hab 2:15). Possibly some of these euphemisms are due to the Massoretes (see TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT). The Jews objected vigorously to exposure of the body (even athletes insisting on a loin-cloth (compare 2 Macc 4:12,13)), and compulsory nudity was the extreme of shame and humiliation (Isa 20:2-4; La 1:8; Ho 2:3; Na 3:5, etc.). The relation of this attitude to Israel's high sexual morality needs no explanation.
Buroton Scott Easton
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.