Lexical 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.) |
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