STRONGS NT 1129: γυμνασία

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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