Strong G1128γυμνάζω
to train
- Transliteration
- gumnazō
- Pronunciation
- goom-nad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G1131; to practise naked (in the games) that is train (figuratively): - exercise.
Detailed definition
γυμνάζω
(γυμνός), [in LXX: 2Ma.10:15 *;]
1. properly, to exercise naked.
2. Generally, to exercise, train the body or mind: 1Ti.4:7, Heb.5:14 12:11, 2Pe.2:14.
† (AS)
(γυμνός), [in LXX: 2Ma.10:15 *;]
1. properly, to exercise naked.
2. Generally, to exercise, train the body or mind: 1Ti.4:7, Heb.5:14 12:11, 2Pe.2:14.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1128 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- exercise3
- exercised1
First verses
- 1 Timothy 4:7But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
- Hebrews 5:14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
- Hebrews 12:11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
- 2 Peter 2:14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
γυμν-άζω,
future -άσω: aorist ἐγύμνασα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 540)]: perfect γεγύμνακα [Refs ([prev. author] “Pr.” 586)] (Lyric poetry):—middle, (see. below):—passive, aorist ἐγυμνάσθην [[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator] 61.43)]: perfect γεγύμνασμαι (see. below): (γυμνός):—train naked, train in gymnastic exercise: generally, train, exercise, τὸ σῶμα, τὴν ψυχήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.11; ἑαυτὸν καὶ τοὺς ἵππους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.7; ἑαυτὸν πρός τι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.18.27: with)]infinitive, γ. τοὺς παῖδάς τι ποιεῖν train or accustom them to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.32)]; γ. τινά τινι accustom him to it,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.2.10; τινὰ περί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.5)]; teach rhetoric, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.50 S)].:—middle, exercise for oneself, practise, γυμνάσασθαι τέχνην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 514e; τὰ περὶ τὰς διαίτας 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.2.19; γυμνάσιον τὸ εἰωθός 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 5.6)]; practise gymnastic exercises, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1335, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.208, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6. etc.; δρόμῳ “IG” 4.955.8 (2nd c.AD))], etc.; generally, practise, ναῦς -ομένας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.16)]; of a disputer, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 108a13, etc.:)] —passive, ὁ γεγυμνασμένος the trained or practised orator, opposed to ὁ εὐφυής, [Refs ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1410b8)]; γεγυμνάσθαι πρός τι, ἔντινι, be trained or practised for or in a thing, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 626b, 635c; περὶ τὰ ὅπλα γυμνάζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.23: with _accusative_, τὰ πρὸς τὰς πολεμικὰς πράξεις γεγυμνασμένοι τὰς ἕξεις.. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1319a22; θήραν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.9: with _genitive_, γεγ. θαλάττης, πολέμων, σοφίας, [prev. author] “Her.” 2.15, 3.1, 10.1; καρδία γεγ. πλεονεξίας τινί NT.2Pet.2.14; also ὕδωρ ὑπὸ συνεχῶν πληγῶν γεγ. καὶ κεκαθαρμένον 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.1.2.)]
2 prepare, βιβλίδιον [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 338.4 (3rd c.AD).)]
II metaphorically, wear out, harass, ἄδην με.. πλάναι γεγυμνάκασι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 586; ἔρως πατρῴας τῆσδε γῆς σ᾽ ἐγύμνασε [prev. author] “Ag.” 540)]; κρυμὸς.. πλευρὰ γυμνάζει χολῆς, of pleurisy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 682)]:—passive, τοὺς ὑπερμήκεις δρόμους.. γυμνάζεται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 592.)]
II.2 investigate, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Sammelb. 5941.12 (_passive_, 6th c.AD).)]
III ={γυμνόω}, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PSI” 1.70 (_passive_, 6th c.AD).)]
future -άσω: aorist ἐγύμνασα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 540)]: perfect γεγύμνακα [Refs ([prev. author] “Pr.” 586)] (Lyric poetry):—middle, (see. below):—passive, aorist ἐγυμνάσθην [[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator] 61.43)]: perfect γεγύμνασμαι (see. below): (γυμνός):—train naked, train in gymnastic exercise: generally, train, exercise, τὸ σῶμα, τὴν ψυχήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.11; ἑαυτὸν καὶ τοὺς ἵππους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.7; ἑαυτὸν πρός τι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.18.27: with)]infinitive, γ. τοὺς παῖδάς τι ποιεῖν train or accustom them to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.32)]; γ. τινά τινι accustom him to it,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.2.10; τινὰ περί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.5)]; teach rhetoric, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.50 S)].:—middle, exercise for oneself, practise, γυμνάσασθαι τέχνην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 514e; τὰ περὶ τὰς διαίτας 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.2.19; γυμνάσιον τὸ εἰωθός 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 5.6)]; practise gymnastic exercises, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1335, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.208, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6. etc.; δρόμῳ “IG” 4.955.8 (2nd c.AD))], etc.; generally, practise, ναῦς -ομένας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.16)]; of a disputer, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 108a13, etc.:)] —passive, ὁ γεγυμνασμένος the trained or practised orator, opposed to ὁ εὐφυής, [Refs ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1410b8)]; γεγυμνάσθαι πρός τι, ἔντινι, be trained or practised for or in a thing, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 626b, 635c; περὶ τὰ ὅπλα γυμνάζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.23: with _accusative_, τὰ πρὸς τὰς πολεμικὰς πράξεις γεγυμνασμένοι τὰς ἕξεις.. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1319a22; θήραν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.9: with _genitive_, γεγ. θαλάττης, πολέμων, σοφίας, [prev. author] “Her.” 2.15, 3.1, 10.1; καρδία γεγ. πλεονεξίας τινί NT.2Pet.2.14; also ὕδωρ ὑπὸ συνεχῶν πληγῶν γεγ. καὶ κεκαθαρμένον 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.1.2.)]
2 prepare, βιβλίδιον [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 338.4 (3rd c.AD).)]
II metaphorically, wear out, harass, ἄδην με.. πλάναι γεγυμνάκασι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 586; ἔρως πατρῴας τῆσδε γῆς σ᾽ ἐγύμνασε [prev. author] “Ag.” 540)]; κρυμὸς.. πλευρὰ γυμνάζει χολῆς, of pleurisy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 682)]:—passive, τοὺς ὑπερμήκεις δρόμους.. γυμνάζεται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 592.)]
II.2 investigate, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Sammelb. 5941.12 (_passive_, 6th c.AD).)]
III ={γυμνόω}, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PSI” 1.70 (_passive_, 6th c.AD).)]