2001 Translation

GYMNASION, gymnasion

Sounds Like: goom-NAH-see-on

Translations: gymnasium, a gymnasium, place of exercise, training ground

From the root: ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: A gymnasium was a public place in ancient Greece where young men trained in physical exercises, often naked. It was also a center for intellectual and social activity, serving as a school or place for philosophical discussions. It could be used in sentences to refer to the physical building or the institution itself.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G1125 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Maccabees — 1:14

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 12 — 5:241

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Maccabees — 1:14
• 2 Maccabees — 4:9, 4:12
• 4 Maccabees — 4:20

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟΝ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟ — gymnasium, a gymnasium, training place, exercise ground
• ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΩ — to a gymnasium, for a gymnasium, in a gymnasium, gymnasium, a gymnasium

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