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G145 αἰσθητήριον (aisthētḗrion)
Greek
Noun, Neuter
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Quick Definition

perceptive faculty

Strong's Definition

properly, an organ of perception, i.e. (figuratively) judgment

Derivation: from a derivative of G143 (αἰσθάνομαι);

KJV Usage: senses

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

αἰσθητήριον, , τό, an organ of perception; external sense, (Hippocrates); Plato, Ax. 366 a.; Aristotle, polit, 4, 3, 9, others; faculty of the mind for perceiving, understanding, judging, Heb_5:14 (Jer_4:19 αἰσθητήριον τῆς καρδίας, 4Ma_2:22 (common text) τά ἔνδον αἰσθητήρια).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

αἰσθητήριον aisthētērion 1x an organ of perception; internal sense, Heb_5:14

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

αἰσθητήριον , -ου , τό ( <αἰσθάνομαι ), [in LXX : Jer_4:19 ( H7023 ), 4Ma_2:22 * ;] sense, organ of perception: Heb_5:14 ( MM , VGT , s.v. ).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

αἰσθητήριον [page 14] For this word ( Heb_5:14 ) see Linde, Epic. p. 32, who cited Epicurus, Aristotle, etc., but shows that it came into the vernacular.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

αἰσθητήριον [Etym: αἰσθάνομαι] "an organ of sense", Arist. , etc.; τὰ αἰσθ. "the senses, faculties", NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

αἰσθητήριον, -ου, τό (αἰσθάνομαι), [in LXX: Jer.4:19 (קִיר), 4Ma.2:22 * ;] sense, organ of perception: Heb.5:14 (MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)

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