naked

The Greek, Latin, Ge’ez, and Hebrew that is translated as «naked» in English is translated in Enlhet with a figure of speech: «(one’s) smoothness.» (Source: Jacob Loewen in The Bible Translator 1969, p. 24ff. )

In Elhomwe the word for «naked» is «shameful to use, and would never be used by a preacher in church.» Therefore «without clothes» is used. (Source: project-specific translation notes in Paratext)

In Cherokee it is translated as «being in a bodily state.» (source: Bender / Belt 2025, p. 30)

In the Catholic Mandarin Chinese Sigao version and the Protestant Union Version, historical Chinese idioms are used: chìshēn lòutǐ (赤身露體 / 赤身露体) or chìshēn luǒtǐ (赤身裸體 / 赤身裸体): «bare and uncovered body.» (Source: Toshikazu S. Foley in Hong Kong Journal of Catholic Studies, 2011, p. 45ff.)

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