Lexical Definition

‎γυμνός‎ gymnós (goom-nos') naked ^G:A
of uncertain affinity

naked.

• nude (absolute or relative, literal or figurative)

Abbott-Smith

γυμνός, -ή, -όν, [in LXX chiefly for עָרוֹם ;]
naked, without clothing, and sometimes (as freq. in cl.) scantily or poorly clad (Is 20:2ff., To 1:16, II Mac 11:12): Mt 25:36, 38 43, 44, Mk 14:52, Jo 21:7, Ac 19:16, Ja 2:15, Re 3:17 16:15, 17:16; as subst., to γ., the naked body, Mk 14:51. Metaph., of things exposed, He 4:13; of the soul without a body (Plat., Crat., c., 20, and cf. Deiss., LAE, 293), II Co 5:3; of seed, bare, I Co 15:37 (Cremer, 168).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

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.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 1Cor.15.37}