Lexicon aisthésis: perception Original Word: αἴσθησις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: aisthésis Phonetic Spelling: (ah'-ee-sthay-sis) Short Definition: perception Definition: perception, understanding, discernment. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 144 aísthēsis (a feminine noun) – properly, the brand of sense-discernment which "cuts through" hazy ethical (moral) matters to really "size things up" (used only in Phil 1:9). See 145 (aisthētērion). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom aisthanomaiDefinitionperception NASB Translationdiscernment (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 144: αἴσθησιςαἴσθησις, (εως, ἡ ( αἰσθάνομαι) (from Euripides down), perception, not only by the senses but also by the intellect; cognition, discernment; (in the Sept., Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 2:10, etc., equivalent to דַּעַת): Philippians 1:9, of moral discernment, the understanding of ethica1 matters, as is plain from what is added in Philippians 1:10.
Strong's perception, discernment From aisthanomai; perception, i.e. (figuratively) discernment -- judgment. see GREEK aisthanomai |
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