Quick Definition
αἰσθάνομαι v. I perceive
Strong's Definition
of uncertain derivation; to apprehend (properly, by the senses)
KJV Usage: perceive
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | αἴσθησις · αἰσθητήριον · καταισχύνω
32.28 · Understand · Capacity for Understanding
to be able to perceive, to have the capacity to understand, understanding to have the capacity to perceive clearly and hence to understand the real nature of something
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἰσθάνομαι : 2 aor. ἠσθόμην ; [fr. Aeschyl. down]; depon. mid. to perceive ; 1. by the bodily senses ; 2. with the mind; to understand: Lk. ix. 45.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
αἰσθάνομαι aisthanomai 1x
to perceive, understand, Lk. 9:45*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
αἰσθάνομαι,
[in LXX for בּין, חפז, ידע;]
to perceive: c.acc. rei (Bl., §36, 5; MM, VGT, s.v.), Lk 9:45 (Cremer, 619 f.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αἰσθάνομαι. This verb, in NT only Lk 9%, is asserted by Nageli (p- 57) to be absent from the papyri. This is a still more remarkable oversight than that noted under αἰδώς. A few examples will suffice. P Eleph 13° (B.c. 223-2) ἐχάρην ἐπὶ τῶι pe αἰσθέσθαι τὰ κατά oe, P Oxy III. 472° (c. A.D. 130) οὔτ᾽ ἔφη πρός τινα αἰσθέσθαι οὐδενός (‘‘ noticed anything”), BGU 11. 3γ2.:16 (Α.Ὁ. 154) ἴστωσαν [μ]ὲν tlolv... ἐκ ταύτ[ η9] τῆς αἰτ[ίας ἔ]τι κατεχόμενον α[ἰσ]θήσεσθαι τῆς τοῦ μεγίστου Αὐτοκράτορος εὐ[μ]εν[ εἰ]ας (see Chrest. I. p- 33), 22. 417% (ii/iii A.D.) αἰσθόμε(νον) τὴν τοῦ καιροῦ πικρίαν (note the accus. in a vernacular document), 2d. 5311. 19 (ii/A.D) α[ἰ]σθόμενος πῶς pe φιλεῖς, and an ostrakon in Archiv vi. p. 220 (iii/B.C.) ἀπόστειλον Tots ὑπογεγραμμένοις Tas πεταλίας κρυφῆι kal μηθεὶς αἰσθανέσθω. but it is hardly necessary to go on to the other five or six volumes in which the index contains this verb. It survives in MGr.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
αἰσθάνομαι (aisthanomai) — to perceive. αἰσθ-άνομαι (compare αἴσθομαι), Ionic dialect 3rd.pers.plural optative αἰσθανοίατο[Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect ῃσθανόμην: future αἰσθήσομαι[LXX+5th c.BC+]aorist 2 ᾐσθόμην: perfect ᾔσθημαι: later, aorist 1 ᾐσθησάμην[LXX+4th c.BC+]:—perceive, apprehend by the senses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰ. τῇ ἀκοῇ, τῇ ὀσμῇ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hear, βοήν[Refs]; τινὸς ὑποστενούσης αἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of mental perception, perceive, understand, τῇ γνώμῃ αἰσθέσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:— hear, learn, see below [Refs]you are right, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾔσθημαι, in parenthesis, [Refs]
II. Construct. in both senses, with genitive, take notice of, have perception of, τῶν κακῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰ. ὑπό τινος learn from one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—frequently with participle agreeing with subject, αἰσθάνομαι κάμνων[Refs 5th c.BC+]; agreeing with object, τυράννους ἐκπεσόντας ᾐσθόμην[Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰ. ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾔσθετο ὅτι τὸ στράτευμα ἦν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕνεκα.. [Refs 5th c.BC+] — _absolutely_, αἰσθανόμενος having full possession of one's faculties, τῇ ἡλικίᾳ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; sensible, of keen perception, καὶ μετρίως αἰσθανομένῳ φανερόν[Refs 5th c.BC+] —The passive is supplied by αἴσθησιν παρέχω,compare αἴσθησις[Refs]
III. display feeling, [Refs 4th c.BC+]