Strong's Number G1129

γυμνασία

gumnasia · goom-nas-ee'-ah

Transliteration:

gumnasia{goom-nas-ee'-ah}

Word Origin:

from 1128

TDNT:

1:775,133

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

training, i.e. (figuratively) asceticism

Usage in the KJV:

exercise 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

the exercise of the body in a palaestra or school of athletics
any exercise whatever
1. the exercise of conscientiousness relative to the body such as is characteristic of ascetics and consists in abstinence from matrimony and certain kinds of food