ΑἸΣΘΗΣΙΝ, αἰσθησιν
AISTHĒSIN, aisthēsin
Sounds Like: ahee-STHAY-seen
Translations: perception, a perception, sense, a sense, discernment, a discernment, understanding, an understanding
From the root: ΑἸΣΘΗΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the faculty of perception, the ability to discern or understand something through the senses or intellect. It can describe the act of perceiving or the capacity for perception, often implying a moral or spiritual discernment in a broader context.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0144 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Josephus' The Jewish War
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 2:9
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Proverbs — 1:4, 1:22, 10:14, 12:1, 15:14, 18:15, 19:22, 22:12
- Sirach — 22:19
- Letter of Jeremiah — 1:41
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑἸΣΘΗΣΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑἸΣΘΗΣΕΙ — (to) perception, (to) sense, (to) understanding, (to) discernment, (to) a perception, (to) a sense, (to) an understanding, (to) a discernment
- ΑἸΣΘΗΣΕΙΣ — senses, perceptions, feelings, understandings
- ΑἸΣΘΗΣΕΩΝ — of perception, of sensation, of senses, of understanding
- ΤΗΝΑἸΣΘΗΣΙΝ — the perception, the sensation, the sense, the faculty of perception, the understanding
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