Strong's Lexicon
G762 — ἄσβεστος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G762 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἄσβεστος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G4570 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | asbestos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | as'-bes-tos |
| Meaning: | 1. not extinguished 2. (by implication) perpetual |
| KJV Renderings: | not to be quenched, unquenchable |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄσβεστος, ἄσβεστον (σβέννυμι), unquenched (Ovid,inexstinctus), unquenchable (Vulg.inexstinguibilis): πῦρ, Mat 3:12; Luk 3:17; Mar 9:43, and R G L brackets in 45. (Often in Homer; πῦρ ἄσβεστος of the perpetual fire of Vesta, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 1, 76; (of the fire on the altar, Philo de ebriet. § 34 (Mang. i. 378); de vict. off. § 5 (Mang. 2:254); of the fire of the magi, Strabo 15 (3) 15; see also Plutarch, symp. 50:7, probl. 4; Aelian nat. an. 5, 3; cf. Heinichen on Eusebius, h. e. 6, 41, 15).)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄσβεστος (not to be quenched)
Matthew 3:12
- KJV: Whose fan in his hand and he will throughly purge his floor and gather his wheat into the garner but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire
- GK: ου το πτύον εν τη χειρί αυτού και διακαθαριεί την άλωνα αυτού και συνάξει τον σίτον αυτού εις την αποθήκην το δε άχυρον κατακαύσει πυρί ασβέστω
Mark 9:43
- KJV:
- GK: και εάν σκανδαλίζη σε η χειρ σου απόκοψον αυτήν καλόν σοι εστί κυλλόν εις την ζωην εισελθείν η τας δύο χείρας έχοντα απελθείν εις την Γέενναν εις το πυρ το άσβεστον
Mark 9:45
- KJV: And if thy foot offend thee cut it off it is better for thee to enter halt into life than having two feet to be cast into hell into the fire that never shall be quenched
- GK: και εάν ο πους σου σκανδαλίζη σε απόκοψον αυτόν καλόν εστί σοι εισελθείν εις την ζωήν χωλόν η τους δύο πόδας έχοντα βληθήναι εις την Γέενναν εις το πυρ το άσβεστον
Luke 3:17
- KJV: Whose fan in his hand and he will throughly purge his floor and will gather the wheat into his garner but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable
- GK: ου το πτύον εν τη χειρί αυτού και διακαθαριεί την άλωνα αυτού και συνάξει τον σίτον εις την αποθήκην αυτού το δε άχυρον κατακαύσει πυρί ασβέστω