What does γυμνότης (gymnótēs) mean in the Bible?
γυμνότης (gymnótēs) is a Greek word meaning "nudity (absolute or comparative)".
Greek · G1132
γυμνότης
Nudity (absolute or comparative)
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γυμνότης G1132
Pronunciation gymnótēs
What does γυμνότης (gymnótēs) mean in the Bible?
γυμνότης (gymnótēs) is a Greek word meaning "nudity (absolute or comparative)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1132?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include nakedness (2), exposure (1).
Where does γυμνότης (gymnótēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 8:35. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Revelation (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It nakedness 2× Romans 8:35, Revelation 3:18
exposure 1× 2 Corinthians 11:27
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 8:35
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Romans 1 2 Corinthians 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
γυμνότης 1x gymnotēs Romans 8:35
γυμνότητι 1x gymnotēti 2 Corinthians 11:27
γυμνότητός 1x gymnotētos Revelation 3:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x 2 Corinthians 11:27
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 3:18
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Romans 8:35
Evidence Summary
Greek word. nudity (absolute or comparative)
Strong's G1132
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
nudity (absolute or comparative)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 8:35 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
γυμνότης, gumnothv
nakedness
Read verse 2 Corinthians 11:27 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
γυμνότητι. gumnothti
nakedness
Read verse Revelation 3:18 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
γυμνότητός gumnothtov
nakedness
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 8:35 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rev 3:18 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 11:27 1×
Word Origins
γυμνότης is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain