Training
γυμνασίαStrong’s G1129gumnasia
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Gumnasia is the Greek word usually translated “exercise”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“For 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “exercise”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- exercise 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Timothy 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
γυμνασία gumnasia · training
γυμνασία, -ας, ἡ (γυμνάζω), [in LXX: 4Ma.11:20 * ;] exercise: 1Ti.4:8.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “training” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRA'INING, participle present
tense Drawing; alluring; educating; teaching and forming by practice.
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TRA'INING, noun
The act or process of drawing or educating; education. In gardening, the operation or art of forming young trees to a wall or espalier, or of causing them to grow in a shape suitable for that end.
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.