To: editor-surveyor
"Pornography? According to God's word, showing your nakedness to any but your spouse is Pornea."
Though I understand your stance on the evil of porn and it's ability to greately hinder ones road to holiness, this statement is not altogether accurate.
54 times in the Old Testament - Nakedness - OT:6172
`ervah (er-vaw'); from OT:6168; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish):
OT:6168
`arah (aw-raw'); a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish:
KJV-leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spreadself, uncover.
Naked - 16 times - OT:6174
`arowm (aw-rome'); or `arom (aw-rome'); from OT:6191 (in its original sense); nude, either partially or totally:
and...
OT:6191
`aram (aw-ram'); a primitive root; properly, to be (or make) bare; but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense):
New Testament:1130
gumniteuo (goom-niyt-yoo'-o) or gumneteuo (goom-nayt-yoo'-o); from a derivative of NT:1131; to strip, i.e. (reflexively) go poorly clad:
KJV-be naked.
NT:1131
gumnos (goom-nos'); of uncertain affinity; nude (absolute or relative, literal or figurative):
KJV-naked.
NT:1132
gumnotes (goom-not'-ace); from NT:1131; nudity (absolute or comparative):
KJV-nakedness.
NT:1131
gumnos (goom-nos'); of uncertain affinity; nude (absolute or relative, literal or figurative):
KJV-naked.
There are many examples of naked/nakedness in the Word that are not "Pornea"
111 posted on
02/19/2004 6:04:45 PM PST by
wwcj
To: wwcj
There are many examples of naked/nakedness in the Word that are not "Pornea" Context! :o)
114 posted on
02/19/2004 7:24:49 PM PST by
editor-surveyor
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