What does αἴσθησις (aísthēsis) mean in the Bible?
αἴσθησις (aísthēsis): Sensory or moral perception gained through experience, distinct from intellectual knowledge.
Greek · G144
αἴσθησις
Insight
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αἴσθησις G144
Pronunciation aísthēsis
What does αἴσθησις (aísthēsis) mean in the Bible?
αἴσθησις (aísthēsis): Sensory or moral perception gained through experience, distinct from intellectual knowledge.
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How does the BSB render G144?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include of insight (1).
Where does αἴσθησις (aísthēsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philippians 1:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (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 It of insight 1× Philippians 1:9
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First aligned row Philippians 1:9
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Philippians 1
Source forms
αἰσθήσει 1x aisthēsei Philippians 1:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Philippians 1:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Sensory or moral perception gained through experience, distinct from intellectual knowledge.
Strong's G144
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Philippians 1:9–11 Source Gloss
insight
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Sensory or moral perception gained through experience, distinct from intellectual knowledge.
(αἰσθάνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for דַּעַת ;] perception (MM, VGT, see word): Php.1:9.
Synonymsἐπίγνωσις, which see (cf. Cremer, 620).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Philippians 1:9 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
αἰσθήσει, aisqhsei
perception
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine Phil 1:9 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Spiritual perception and discernment in moral and ethical judgment
Word Origins
αἴσθησις is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain