What does αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai) mean in the Bible?
αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai) is a Greek word meaning "to apprehend (properly, by the senses)".
Greek · G143
αἰσθάνομαι
To apprehend (properly, by the senses)
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αἰσθάνομαιG143
Pronunciationaisthánomai
What does αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai) mean in the Bible?
αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai) is a Greek word meaning "to apprehend (properly, by the senses)".
Full entry for αἰσθάνομαι (G143) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G143?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include they could not comprehend (1).
Where does αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 9:45. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itthey could not comprehend1×Luke 9:45
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Usage map
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First aligned rowLuke 9:45
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Luke1
Source forms
αἴσθωνται1xaisthōntaiLuke 9:45
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Plural1xLuke 9:45
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to apprehend (properly, by the senses)
Strong'sG143
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to apprehend (properly, by the senses)
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to perceive: withaccusative of thing(s) (Bl., §36, 5; MM, VGT, see word), Luk.9:45 (Cremer, 619 f.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 9:45Verb Third Person Plural Second Aorist Middle Deponent Subjunctive
αἴσθωνταιaisqwntai
I perceive
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
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Form groups1Aligned forms1TensesAoristVoicesMiddle
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Tenses
Voices
Subjunctivepossibility, probability, or purpose1×
Aorist MiddleLuke 9:451×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist1
Voice
middle1
Mood
subjunctive1
NT Occurrences
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Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
αἰσθάνομαι is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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