Greek Word Study
The meaning of “γυμνασία”
Understanding gymnasía reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Definition
exercise. - training, i.e. (figuratively) asceticism
G1129
Greek Text
Strong's Concordance
γυμνασία
Phoneticgoom-nas-ee'-ah
Transliterationgymnasía
Grammar Code
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
exercise. - training, i.e. (figuratively) asceticism
Scripture References
Occurrences in the Bible
1 total references
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Timothy 4:8 | “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.” Word: γυμνασία (gymnasía) |