γυμνάζω : GYMNASIUM: GUMNAZO

Illustrations of English words
derived from the Greek in the New Testament.

Gaylon West.



History of English word
gymnasium (n.)
1590s, "place of exercise," from Latin gymnasium "school for gymnastics," from Greek gymnasion "public place where athletic exercises are practiced; gymnastics school," in plural, "bodily exercises," from gymnazein "to exercise or train," literally or figuratively, literally "to train naked," from gymnos "naked" (see naked). Introduced to German 15c. as a name for "high school" (more or less paralleling a sense in Latin); in English it has remained purely athletic.
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Thayer Definition:
1) to exercise naked (in a palaestra or school of athletics)
2) to exercise vigorously, in any way, either the body or the mind
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G1131- gumnos, naked.


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