Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
strong meat—"solid food."
them . . . of full age—literally, "perfect": akin to "perfection" (Hebrews 6:1).
by reason of use—Greek, "habit."
senses—organs of sense.
exercised—similarly connected with "righteousness" in Hebrews 12:11.
to discern both good and evil—as a child no longer an infant (Isaiah 7:16): so able to distinguish between sound and unsound doctrine. The mere child puts into its mouth things hurtful and things nutritious, without discrimination: but not so the adult. Paul again alludes to their tendency not to discriminate, but to be carried about by strange doctrines, in Hebrews 13:9.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hebrews 5:14:
1 Corinthians 2:6-7
1 Corinthians 3:1
Ephesians 4:13
1 Timothy 4:7
Hebrews 5:1
Hebrews 6:1
Hebrews 6:1
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