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ἕξις
hexis
G1838
G:N-F Greek

habit/practice

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Hexis denotes the practice by which mature people have their senses trained to discern good and evil.

The attested use places the term in the training of mature people's senses for discerning good and evil.

Senses in use

  1. Practice in trained discernment · dominant

    In Hebrews 5:14, the accusative singular feminine form occurs in the clause about mature people whose senses are trained; the APB renders the clause "their senses trained by practice to discern good and evil."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Hebrews 5:14, the APB presents the clause as senses being "trained by practice" to discern good and evil; Its precise correspondence to the term cannot be isolated with certainty.

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