Exercise

primarily signifies "to exercise naked" (from gumnos, "naked"); then, generally, "to exercise, to train the body or mind" (Eng., "gymnastic"), 1—Timothy 4:7 , with a view to godliness; Hebrews 5:14 , of the senses, so as to discern good and evil; Hebrews 12:11 , of the effect of chastening, the spiritual "exercise" producing the fruit of righteousness; 2—Peter 2:14 , of certain evil teachers with hearts "exercised in covetousness," RV.

signifies "to form by art, to adorn, to work up raw material with skill;" hence, in general, "to take pains, endeavor, exercise by training or discipline," with a view to a conscience void of offense, Acts 24:16 .

"to do," is translated "exerciseth" in Revelation 13:12 , said of the authority of the second "Beast." Cp. EXECUTE. See DO.

primarily denotes "gymnastic exercise" (akin to A, No. 1), 1—Timothy 4:8 , where the immediate reference is probably not to mere physical training for games but to discipline of the body such as that to which the Apostle refers in 1—Corinthians 9:27 , though there may be an allusion to the practices of asceticism.