Psalms 131:1
<<A Song of degrees of David.>> LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
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1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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κατακυριεύω
katakyrieúō · kat-ak-oo-ree-yoo'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to lord against, i.e. control, subjugate
Strong's KJV usage: :--exercise dominion over (lordship), be lord over, overcome.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 20:25Strong's last: Mark 10:42
Open full G2634 profile →κατεξουσιάζω
katexousiázō · kat-ex-oo-see-ad'-zo
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to have (wield) full privilege over
Strong's KJV usage: :--exercise authority.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 20:25Strong's last: Mark 10:42
Open full G2715 profile →ἀσκέω
askéō · as-keh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to elaborate, i.e. (figuratively) train (by implication, strive)
Strong's KJV usage: :--exercise.
Strong's first: Acts 24:16Strong's last: Acts 24:16
Open full G778 profile →γυμνάζω
gymnázō · goom-nad'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to practise naked (in the games), i.e. train (figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--exercise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 4:7Strong's last: 1 Timothy 4:7
Open full G1128 profile →γυμνασία
gymnasía · goom-nas-ee'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
training, i.e. (figuratively) asceticism
Strong's KJV usage: :--exercise.
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 4:8Strong's last: 1 Timothy 4:8
Open full G1129 profile →ἐξουσιάζω
exousiázō · ex-oo-see-ad'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to control
Strong's KJV usage: :--exercise authority upon, bring under the (have) power of.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 22:25Strong's last: Luke 22:25
Open full G1850 profile →κυριεύω
kyrieúō · ko-ree-yoo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to rule
Strong's KJV usage: :--have dominion over, lord, be lord of, exercise lordship over.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 22:25Strong's last: Luke 22:25
Open full G2961 profile →הָלַךְ
hâlak · haw-lak'
1 times translated as this KJV form497 total Strong's occurrences
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, be eased, enter, exercise (self), follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, × more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), send, speedily, spread, still, surely, tale-bearer, travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, × be weak, whirl.
Strong's first: Psalms 131:1Strong's last: Psalms 131:1
Open full H1980 profile →עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh · aw-saw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2,630 total Strong's occurrences
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Strong's KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 9:24Strong's last: Jeremiah 9:24
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G1128
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
G1129
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
English meaning and historical usage.
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exercise
EX'ERCISE, noun s as z. [Latin exercitium, from exerceo; Eng. work.]
In a general sense, any kind of work, labor or exertion of body. Hence,
1. Use; practice; the exertions and movements customary in the performance of business; as the exercise of an art, trade, occupation, or profession.
2. Practice; performance; as the exercise of religion.
3. Use; employment; exertion; as the exercise of the eyes or of the senses, or of any power of body or mind.
4. Exertion of the body, as conducive to health; action; motion, by labor, walking, riding, or other exertion.
The wise for cure on exercise depend.
5. Exertion of the body for amusement, or for instruction; the habitual use of the limbs for acquiring an art, dexterity, or grace, as in fencing, dancing, riding; or the exertion of the muscles for invigorating the body.
6. Exertion of the body and mind or faculties for improvement, as in oratory, in painting or statuary.
7. Use or practice to acquire skill; preparatory practice. Military exercises consist in using arms, in motions, marches and evolutions. Naval exercise consists in the use or management of artillery, and in the evolutions of fleets.
8. Exertion of the mind; application of the mental powers.
9. Task; that which is appointed for one to perform.
10. Act of divine worship.
11. A lesson or example for practice.
EX'ERCISE, verb transitive [Latin exerceo.]
1. In a general sense, to move; to exert; to cause to act, in any manner; as, to exercise the body or the hands; to exercise the mind, the powers of the mind, the reason or judgment.
2. To use; to exert; as, to exercise authority or power.
3. To use for improvement in skill; as, to exercise arms.
4. To exert one's powers or strength; to practice habitually; as, to exercise one's self in speaking or music.
5. To practice; to perform the duties of; as, to exercise an office.
6. To train to use; to discipline; to cause to perform certain acts, as preparatory to service; as, to exercise troops.
7. To task; to keep employed; to use efforts.
Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense towards God and men. Acts 24:16.
8. To use; to employ.
9. To busy; to keep busy in action, exertion or employment.
10. To pain or afflict; to give anxiety to; to make uneasy.
EX'ERCISE, verb intransitive To use action or exertion; as, to exercise for health or amusement.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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