Cognate: 144 aísthēsis (a feminine noun) – properly, the brand of sense-discernment which "cuts through" hazy ethical (moral) matters to really "size things up" (used only in Phil 1:9). See 145 (aisthētērion).

STRONGS NT 144: αἴσθησις

αἴσθησις, (εως, ἡ (αἰσθάνομαι) (from Euripides down), perception, not only by the senses but also by the intellect; cognition, discernment; (in the Sept., Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 2:10, etc., equivalent to דַּעַת): Philippians 1:9, of moral discernment, the understanding of ethica1 matters, as is plain from what is added in Philippians 1:10.



perception, discernment

From aisthanomai; perception, i.e. (figuratively) discernment -- judgment.

see GREEK aisthanomai

Ἄρθητι — 2 Occ.
ἀρθήτω — 1 Occ.
ἀρθῶσιν — 1 Occ.
ἦραν — 12 Occ.
ἤρατε — 3 Occ.
ἦρεν — 6 Occ.
ἦρκεν — 1 Occ.
ἠρμένον — 1 Occ.
ἤρθη — 3 Occ.
αἴσθωνται — 1 Occ.
αἰσθητήρια — 1 Occ.
αἰσχροκερδῆ — 1 Occ.
αἰσχροκερδεῖς — 1 Occ.
αἰσχροκερδῶς — 1 Occ.
αἰσχρολογίαν — 1 Occ.
αἰσχρὸν — 3 Occ.
αἰσχροῦ — 1 Occ.
αἰσχρότης — 1 Occ.
αἰσχύνας — 1 Occ.
αἰσχύνῃ — 2 Occ.