ἄσβεστος
asbestos
“unquenchable”
Definition
not extinguished, i.e. (by implication) perpetual
from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G4570 (σβέννυμι);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
G:A
Greek Adjective
Occurrences
ἄσβεστος appears 4 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.