Nakedness and Exposure

† עָרוֹם, עָרֹם adj. naked (perhaps secondary form from עֵירֹם Ew§ 163 c Sta§ 327 a; or from √ עָרָה, q.v.);—abs. עָרוֹם Am 2:16 + 8 times, עָרֹם 1 S 19:24 + 3 times; f. עֲרֻמָּה Ho 2:5; pl. עֲרוּמִּים Gn 2:25 Jb 22:6;—naked Gn 2:25 (J) 1 S 19:24 Ho 2:5; adverb. (Ges§ 118 n) c. הָלַךְ Is 20:2, 3, 4 Mi 1:8, cf. Am 2:16 Jb 24:7, 10; = subst. concr. Is 58:7 Jb 22:6; = without possessions Jb 1:21(×2) = Ec 5:14; of Sheʾôl. open before י׳ Jb 26:6.

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.)

† עֵירֹם, עֵרֹם adj. and n.[m.] 1. naked; 2. nakedness ( √ עור Ew 423, 426 Ges§ 85 t Sta§§ 295, 327 a; > √ ערם (not Heb. in this sense) BaNB § 27 g Köii. 84, 120);—abs. עֵירֹם Gn 3:10, 11 + 4 times, עֵרֹם Ez 16:7 + 2 times Ez; pl. עֵירֻמִּים Gn 3:7;— 1. adj. naked Gn 3:7, 10, 11 (all pred.); as subst. concr. Ez 18:7, 16. 2. n.abstr. nakedness Dt 28:48; ע׳ וְעֶרְיָה nakedness and bareness (= naked and bare, of personified Jerusalem), Ez 16:7, 22, 39; 23:29.

† עֶרְיָה6 n.f. nakedness;—always abs. ע׳;—ע׳־בֹּשֶׁת Mi 1:11 (in) nakedness, (in) shame (fig. of town Shaphir); of Jerus. עֵרֹם וְע׳ Ez 16:7 + 3 times (v. עֵירֹם sub II. עור); of bow Hb 3:9 (v. II. עור).

† שׁוֹלָל adj. in acc. c. as adv. (Ges§ 118o) barefoot (appar. stripped as to walking; always c. הלך);—אֵילְכָה שׁוֹלָל וְעָרוֹם Mi 1:8 Qr I will go barefoot and naked (Kt שילל); מוֹלִיךְ יוֹעֲצִם שׁ׳ Jb 12:17, cf. v 19.

γυμνητ-εύω, to be naked, NT __2 to be lightly clad, Refs 1st c.AD+ __3 to be light-armed, Refs 1st c.AD+

† [מבושׁ] n.[m.] pl. sf. מְבֻשָׁיו, his privates, that excite shame, pudenda, Dt 25:11.

† [מַעֲרֹם, Köii. 1, 121] n.m. naked thing;—pl. abstr. sf. מַעֲרֻמֵּיהֶם 2 Ch 28:15 their nakedness (denom. from foreg. Sta§ 273 a; > √ ערם BaNB § 166 b).