Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.
2. (n.) A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
GYMNASIUMjim-na'-zi-um.
See GAMES; PALAESTRA.
Greek
1128. gumnazo -- to exercise naked, to train ... emotional force like when working out intensely . ["Gym" and "
gymnasium" come
from this same root.]. 1128 ("exert intensely, like a pro
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1128.htm - 7k5171. truphao -- to live luxuriously
... made of marble, etc. They eventually became huge recreation centers with an
adjoining gymnasium and library.]. Word Origin from truphe ...
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1129. gumnasia -- exercise
... Cognate: 1129 (from 1128 , "to , work out, exercise" and the root of the English
term, "gymnasium") -- properly, physical training ("bodily exercise"). ...
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Library
On Sleep.
... But stretching one's self on even couches, affording a kind of natural gymnasium
for sleep, contributes to the digestion of the food. ...
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History of Public Speaking
... He was so intense and vehement by nature that he was obliged in his early career
to spend two years in Greece, exercising in the gymnasium in order to restore ...
/.../kleiser/successful methods of public speaking/history of public speaking.htm
The Exercises Suited to a Good Life.
... The Instructor. Book III. Chapter X."The Exercises Suited to a Good Life. The
gymnasium is sufficient for boys, even if a bath is within reach. ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter x the exercises suited to.htm
Bibliography.
... See especially Vol. VII. (1898), Nos.3 and 4, for articles on the Gymnasium at Lissa
and on "Comenius und die Volksschule.". III."MORAVIANS IN GERMANY. ...
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The Testimony of Jesus Christ
... (1 Corinthians 3:9 only). Gymnasia denotes the exercises (1 Timothy 4:8);
gymnasium, the place or building where the exercises are done. ...
/.../bullinger/commentary on revelation/the testimony of jesus christ.htm
His Murdered Father's Head
... So Walamir found a home, and often joined his friends in the Patriarcheion in their
bathes and strolls and games in the gymnasium, having as it were grappled ...
/.../chapter xxxvi his murdered fathers.htm
Meaning of the Name Christian.
... has not been anointed? And what man, when he enters into this life or into
the gymnasium, is not anointed with oil? And what work ...
/.../theophilus/theophilus to autolycus/chapter xii meaning of the name.htm
Spiritual Athletics
... man were writing to a young man today, and should begin by saying: "Do not neglect
your bodily health; take exercise daily; go to the gymnasium." But spiritual ...
/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/vi spiritual athletics.htm
Faith Tested and Crowned
... aid. The motive of His proving men is that they may be strengthened. He
puts us into His gymnasium to improve our physique. If we ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/faith tested and crowned.htm
Later Pietists
... that city: the other is, "[267]Whate'er my God ordains is right," of which the author
was [268]Samuel Rodigast, head-master of the principal gymnasium of Berlin ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/later pietists.htm
Thesaurus
Gymnasium... university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia.
GYMNASIUM. jim-na'-zi-um. See GAMES; PALAESTRA.
.../g/gymnasium.htm - 6kDesolation (131 Occurrences)
... promised the king large sums of money for the transfer of the office of high priest
from his brother to himself and the privilege of erecting a gymnasium and a ...
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Ha (8 Occurrences)
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Abomination (78 Occurrences)
... promised the king large sums of money for the transfer of the office of high priest
from his brother to himself and the privilege of erecting a gymnasium and a ...
/a/abomination.htm - 55k
Jason (5 Occurrences)
... He established a gymnasium in Jerusalem, so that even the priests neglected the
altars and the sacrifices, and hastened to be partakers of the "unlawful ...
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Gutters (2 Occurrences)
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Troas (6 Occurrences)
... at intervals. Within the walls are the remains of theater, the temple and
the gymnasium, which was provided with baths. The port ...
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Tripolis
... The Seleucid monarchs, the Romans, and Herod the Great did much to beautify the
city; the last-named building a gymnasium (Josephus, BJ, I, xxi, 11). ...
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Palestra
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or
place for athletic exercise in general. 2. (n.) A wrestling ...
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Antiochians
... He promised, on condition the king would permit him to build a Greek gymnasium at
Jerusalem, "to train up the youth of his race in the fashions of the heathen ...
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Gymnasium
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Assos (2 Occurrences)
Pergamum (2 Occurrences)
Pergamos (1 Occurrence)
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