Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  5000 Humanity  »  5125 Parts of the body and clothing  »  5169 nakedness

Nakedness was innocent before the fall

Genesis 2:25

The shame of nakedness a result of the fall

Genesis 3:7-11

Public exposure of nakedness is indicative of shame or humiliation

Revelation 3:18 See also Genesis 9:22-23; Exodus 20:26; Isaiah 47:3; Ezekiel 16:8,35-37; Hosea 2:9-10; Amos 2:16; Nahum 3:5; Habakkuk 2:15; Revelation 17:16

Exposure of nakedness is symbolic of adultery and prostitution

Ezekiel 23:18 See also Isaiah 57:8; Lamentations 1:8; Ezekiel 16:36

Nakedness is symbolic of dire poverty

Revelation 3:17 See also Deuteronomy 28:48; 2 Chronicles 28:15; Job 1:21; Job 24:4-10; Isaiah 58:6-7; Micah 1:8,11; Romans 8:35; 2 Corinthians 11:27

See also

5446  poverty
5947  shame
6155  fall of Adam & Eve
6239  prostitution
6243  adultery, spiritual
8277  innocence