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Strong's #1129 - γυμνασία
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- the exercise of the body in a palaestra or school of athletics
- any exercise whatever
- 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
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γυμν-ᾰσία, ἡ,
1. right to use γυμνάσιον, Arist. Pol. 1297a17 (s.v.l.); exercise, σωματικὴ γ. 1 Timothy 4:8 : pl., IG 22.1006.65, SIG 1073.19 (Olympia, ii A. D.); of military exercises, ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις γ. Plb. 4.7.6; generally, struggle, Str. 3.2.7; αἱ καθ' ἡμέραν γ. lessons, D.H. Comp. 20: metaph. of mental exercise, Iamb. Comm.Math. 24; freq. of disputation, Pl. Tht. 169c, Arist. Top. 101a27, al.; training, γ. πρὸς τὰς πολιτικὰς πράξεις Plb. 1.1.2.
2. Rhet., practice: hence, arrangement, disposition, τοῦ διηγήματος Theo Prog. 4, cf. Aphth. Prog. 6.
γυμνασία, γυμνασιας, ἡ (γυμνάζω);
a. properly, the exercise of the body in the palaestra.
b. any exercise whatever: σωματική γυμνασία, 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, 1 Timothy 4:8. (4 Macc. 11:19. In Greek writings from Plato, legg. i., p. 648 c. down.)
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** γυμνασία , -ας , ἡ
(< γυμνάζω ),
[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 11:20*;]
exercise: 1 Timothy 4:8.†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Syll 686.19 (Trajan’s reign, or early in Hadrian’s) τάς τε γυμνασίας ἐν ὄψει τῶν ἑλληνοδικῶν κατὰ τὸ πάτριον τῶν ἀγώνων ἔθος ἀπέδωκεν ἐπιμελῶς . There seems no very special reason why this normal meaning should not be recognised in 1 Timothy 4:8 : the exercises of the games, which are of service, but only to a limited degree, are contrasted in Pauline style with the spiritual training which ";has promise of life, here and hereafter.";
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
