King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1129
Transliteration: gymnasia
Phonetic Spelling: (goom-nas-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: exercise
Meaning: exercise
γυμνασία, γυμνασιας, ἡ (γυμνάζω);
Word Summary
gymnasia: exercise
Original Word: γυμνασίαTransliteration: gymnasia
Phonetic Spelling: (goom-nas-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: exercise
Meaning: exercise
Strong's Concordance
exercise, training, disciplineFrom gumnazo; training, i.e. (figuratively) asceticism -- exercise.
see GREEK gumnazo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1129: γυμνασίαγυμνασία, γυμνασιας, ἡ (γυμνάζω);
a. properly, the exercise of the body in the palaestra.
b. any exercise whatever: σωματική γυμνασία, the exercise of conscientiousness relative to the body, such as is characteristic of ascetics and consists in abstinence from matrimony and certain kinds of food, 1 Timothy 4:8. (4 Macc. 11:19. In Greek writings from Plato, legg. i., p. 648 c. down.)