Quick Definition
αἰσθητήριον, ου, τό n.n. perceptive faculty
Strong's Definition
properly, an organ of perception, i.e. (figuratively) judgment
Derivation: from a derivative of G143 (αἰσθάνομαι);
KJV Usage: senses
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | αἰσθάνομαι
32.28 · Understand · Capacity for Understanding
to be able to perceive, to have the capacity to understand, understanding to have the capacity to perceive clearly and hence to understand the real nature of something
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἰσθητήριον, -ov, To, an organ of perception, external sense, [Hippoc.]; Plat. Ax. 366 a.; Aristot. polit. 4, 3, 9, al.; faculty of the mind for perceiving, understanding, judging, Heb. v. 14, (Jer. iv. 19 αἰσθητ. τῆς καρδίας. 4 Mace. ii. 22 [com. text] τὰ 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: Je 4:19 (קִיר), IV Mac 2:22*;]
sense, organ of perception: He 5:14 (MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αἰσθητήριον. For this word (Heb 5") see Linde, fic. p. 32, who cited Epicurus, Aristotle, etc., but shows that it came into the vernacular.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
αἰσθητήριον (aisthētērion) — sense. αἰσθ-ητήριον, τό, organ of sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ αἰ., opposed to ἡ διάνοια, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ αἰ. the faculties, [LXX+NT]