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, 1Ti_4:8. (4Ma_11:19. In Greek writings from Plato, legg. i., p. 648 c. down.)

γυμνασία gymnasia 1 x pr. gymnastic exercise; hence, bodily discipline of any kind, 1Ti_4:8

** γυμνασία , -ας , ἡ ( < γυμνάζω ), [in LXX : 4Ma_11:20 * ;] exercise: 1Ti_4:8 .†

γυμνασία [page 133] 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 1Ti_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.

γυμνασία [Etym: = γύμνασις] "exercise", NTest.

γυμνασία, -ας, ἡ (γυμνάζω), [in LXX: 4Ma.11:20 * ;] exercise: 1Ti.4:8.† (AS)