To train
γυμνάζωStrong’s G1128gumnazō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Gumnazō is the Greek word usually translated “trained”, “do train” and “exercised”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.”
Meaning
Usually translated “trained”, “do train” and “exercised”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- trained 2
- do train 1
- exercised 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 2
- 1 Timothy 1
- 2 Peter 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 2:14In contextHaving eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
- 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.
Greek dictionary
γυμνάζω gumnazō · to train
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “train” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRAIN, verb transitive
[Latin traho, to draw?]
- To draw along.
- Top draw; to entice; to allure.
- To draw by artifice or stratagem.
- To draw from act to act by persuasion or promise.
All definitions and other forms of “train”
- To exercise; to discipline; to teach and form by practice; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms and to tactics. Genesis 14:14“Abram armed his trained servants” Genesis 14:14
- To break, tame and accustom to draw; as oxen.
- In gardening, to lead or direct and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape by growth, lopping or pruning; as, to train young trees.
- In mining, to trace a lode or any mineral appearance to its head.“old he will not depart from it” Proverbs 22:6
TRAIN, noun
Artifice; stratagem of enticement.
- Something drawn along behind, the end of a gown, etc.; as the train of a gown or robe.
- The tail of a fowl.
- A retinue; a number of followers or attendants.
- A series; a consecution or succession of connected things.
- Process; regular method; course.
- A company in order; a procession.
- The number of beats which a watch makes in any certain time.
- A line of gunpowder, laid to lead fire to a charge, or to a quantity intended for execution.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.