Exercise, bodily

(1 Tim 4:8). An ascetic mortification of the flesh and denial of personal gratification (comp. Col 2:23) to which some sects of the Jews, especially the Essenes, attached importance.

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread. Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).