- Original: γυμνασία - Transliteration: Gumnasia - Phonetic: goom-nas-ee'-ah - Definition: 1. the exercise of the body in a palaestra or school of athletics 2. any exercise whatever a. the exercise of conscientiousness relative to the body such as is characteristic of ascetics and consists in abstinence from matrimony and certain kinds of food - Origin: from G1128 - TDNT entry: 13:55,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G1128 ; training that is (figuratively) asceticism: - exercise. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • exercise, 1 1 Timothy 4:8