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).†
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