noun · feminine

gumnasias

Greekγυμνασία (gumnasia)

Strong’sG1129

physical exercise

stem gumnasi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

training1×

What it means

** γυμνασία, -ας, ἡ

(< γυμνάζω), [in LXX: IV Mac 11:20 *;]

exercise: I Ti 4:8.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1129 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidgoom-nas-ee'-ah

training, i.e. (figuratively) asceticism

Fromfrom G1128;

King Jamesexercise.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	gumnasias1×γυμνασία	gumnasiais
object accusative	gumnasian	gumnasiain
direct address vocative	gumnasiar	gumnasiair
of, belonging to genitive	gumnasiau	gumnasiaiu
to, for dative	gumnasia	gumnasiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

gumnasistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

gumnasia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

gumnasias“training”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Timothy 4:8“training”tas gar sōmatikas gumnasias pros oligon atō ōfelimas, tas de eusebeias pros panteim ōfelimas atō, epangelian echarōtas zōau tau nun kai tau mellarōtau.For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.