Word Summary
aisthēsis: perception
Original Word: αἴσθησιςTransliteration: aisthēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (ah'-ee-sthay-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: perception
Meaning: perception
Strong's Concordance
perception, discernment
From aisthanomai; perception, i.e. (figuratively) discernment -- judgment.
see GREEK aisthanomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.