Strong G1129γυμνασία
training
- Transliteration
- gumnasia
- Pronunciation
- goom-nas-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1128; training that is (figuratively) asceticism: - exercise.
Detailed definition
γυμνασία, -ας, ἡ
(γυμνάζω), [in LXX: 4Ma.11:20 *;]
exercise: 1Ti.4:8.†
(AS)
(γυμνάζω), [in LXX: 4Ma.11:20 *;]
exercise: 1Ti.4:8.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1129 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- exercise1
First verses
- 1 Timothy 4:8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
γυμν-ᾰσία, ἡ,
right to use γυμνάσιον, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1297a17 (assuming variant))]; exercise, σωματικὴ γ. [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.1Tim.4.8: _plural_, “IG” 22.1006.65, “SIG” 1073.19 (Olympia, 2nd c.AD))]; of military exercises, ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις γ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.7.6)]; generally, struggle, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.2.7; αἱ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν γ.)]lessons, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 20)]: metaphorically of mental exercise, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 24)]; frequently of disputation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 169c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 101a27, +others)]; training, γ. πρὸς τὰς πολιτικὰς πράξεις [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.1.2.)]
2 Rhet., practice: hence, arrangement, disposition, τοῦ διηγήματος Theo [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Prog.” 4, compare 4th-5th c.AD: Aphthonius Rhetor “Προγυμνάσματα - Rhet.” 6.)]
right to use γυμνάσιον, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1297a17 (assuming variant))]; exercise, σωματικὴ γ. [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.1Tim.4.8: _plural_, “IG” 22.1006.65, “SIG” 1073.19 (Olympia, 2nd c.AD))]; of military exercises, ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις γ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.7.6)]; generally, struggle, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.2.7; αἱ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν γ.)]lessons, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 20)]: metaphorically of mental exercise, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 24)]; frequently of disputation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 169c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 101a27, +others)]; training, γ. πρὸς τὰς πολιτικὰς πράξεις [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.1.2.)]
2 Rhet., practice: hence, arrangement, disposition, τοῦ διηγήματος Theo [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Prog.” 4, compare 4th-5th c.AD: Aphthonius Rhetor “Προγυμνάσματα - Rhet.” 6.)]