ΓΥΜΝΑΖΕΙΝ, γυμναζειν
GYMNAZEIN, gymnazein
Sounds Like: gym-NAD-zayn
Translations: to train, to exercise, to discipline, to practice
From the root: ΓΥΜΝΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to train, exercise, or discipline, often in a physical sense like athletic training, but it can also refer to mental or spiritual discipline. It describes the act of engaging in rigorous practice or preparation to develop a skill or quality.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1128 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 1:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΥΜΝΑΖΩ.
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.
- ΓΕΓΥΜΝΑΣΜΕΝΑ — exercised, trained, disciplined, practiced
- ΓΕΓΥΜΝΑΣΜΕΝΗΝ — exercised, trained, practiced, disciplined, an exercised, a trained, a practiced, a disciplined
- ΓΕΓΥΜΝΑΣΜΕΝΗΣ — (of) trained, (of) exercised, (of) disciplined, (of) a trained, (of) an exercised, (of) a disciplined
- ΓΕΓΥΜΝΑΣΜΕΝΟΙΣ — exercised, trained, disciplined, practiced
- ΓΕΓΥΜΝΑΣΜΕΝΟΝ — exercised, trained, disciplined, a trained one, an exercised one
- ΓΥΜΝΑΖ — to exercise, to train, to discipline, to practice, to drill
- ΓΥΜΝΑΖΕ — exercise, train, practice, discipline, drill
- ΓΥΜΝΑΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to exercise, to train, to practice, to discipline oneself
- ΓΥΜΝΑΖΕΤΑΙ — is trained, exercises himself, is disciplined, is practiced
- ΓΥΜΝΑΖΟΜΕΘΑ — we exercise, we train, we discipline ourselves, we practice
- ΓΥΜΝΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ — exercising, being exercised, training, being trained, disciplining oneself, being disciplined
- ΓΥΜΝΑΖΟΝΤΕΣ — exercising, training, practicing, disciplining
- ΓΥΜΝΑΖΩ — to exercise, to train, to practice, to discipline
- ΓΥΜΝΑΖΩΝ — exercising, training, practicing, disciplining
- ΓΥΜΝΑΣΟΜΕΝΟΣ — exercising, training, practicing, disciplining oneself, being exercised, being trained
- ἘΓΕΓΥΜΝΑΣΤΟ — had been trained, had been exercised, had been disciplined
- ἘΓΥΜΝΑΖΟΝ — they were exercising, they were training, they were practicing, they were disciplining
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