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Lexicon :: Strong's G762 - asbestos

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ἄσβεστος
Transliteration
asbestos (Key)
Pronunciation
as'-bes-tos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of σβέννυμι (G4570)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἄσβεστος ásbestos, as'-bes-tos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G4570; not extinguished, i.e. (by implication) perpetual:—not to be quenched, unquenchable.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G762 in the following manner: unquenchable (2x), never shall be quenched (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G762 in the following manner: unquenchable (2x), never shall be quenched (2x).

  1. unquenched, unquenchable

    1. of eternal hell fire to punish the damned

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄσβεστος ásbestos, as'-bes-tos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G4570; not extinguished, i.e. (by implication) perpetual:—not to be quenched, unquenchable.
STRONGS G762:
ἄσβεστος, -ον, (σβέννυμι), unquenched (Ovid, inexstinctus), unquenchable (Vulg. inexstinguibilis): πῦρ, Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17; Mark 9:43, and R G L brackets in 45. (Often in Homer; πῦρ ἄσβ. 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].)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
3:12
Mark
9:43
Luke
3:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G762 matches the Greek ἄσβεστος (asbestos),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:12 - His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:43 - If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:45 - And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:17 - 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.”
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