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Lexicon :: Strong's G892 - achyron

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ἄχυρον
Transliteration
achyron (Key)
Pronunciation
akh'-oo-ron
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps remotely from cheo (to shed forth)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
20x in 4 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἄχυρον áchyron, akh'-oo-ron; perhaps remotely from χέω chéō (to shed forth); chaff (as diffusive):—chaff.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G892 in the following manner: chaff (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G892 in the following manner: chaff (2x).

  1. a stalk of grain from which the kernels have been beaten out

  2. straw broken up by a threshing machine, chaff

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄχυρον áchyron, akh'-oo-ron; perhaps remotely from χέω chéō (to shed forth); chaff (as diffusive):—chaff.
STRONGS G892:
ἄχυρον, -ου, τό, a stalk of grain from which the kernels have been beaten out; straw broken up by a threshing-machine, chaff: Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17. (In Greek writings from Herodotus 4, 72; Xenophon, oec. 18. 1, 2, 6 down; mostly in plural τὰ ἄχυρα; in Job 21:18 Sept. also of the chaff accustomed to being driven away by the wind.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
21:18
Matthew
3:12
Luke
3:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G892 matches the Greek ἄχυρον (achyron),
which occurs 20 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - And she said to him, We have both straw and much provender, and a place for resting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - And the man entered into the house, and unloaded the camels, and gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - Ye shall no longer give straw to the people for brick-making as yesterday and the third day; but let them go themselves, and collect straw for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - And the taskmasters and the accountants hastened them, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharao, I will give you straw no longer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - Go ye, yourselves, get for yourselves straw whencesoever ye can find it, for nothing is diminished from your rate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people were dispersed in all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfil your regular daily tasks, even as when straw was given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - Straw is not given to thy servants, and they tell us to make brick; and behold thy servants have been scourged: thou wilt therefore injure thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet ye shall return the rate of bricks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - Yet is there straw and food for our asses, and bread and wine for me and my handmaid and the young man with thy servants; there is no want of anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:27 - (LXX 5:1) And thus the officers provided king Solomon: and they execute every one in his month all the orders for the table of the king, they [fn]omit nothing. And they carried the barley and the straw for the horses and the chariots to the place where the king might be, each according to his charge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 - (LXX 41:19) For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - And the ox and bear shall feed together; and their young shall be together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - many nations like much water, as when much water rushes violently: and they shall drive him away, and pursue him afar, as the dust of chaff when men winnow before the wind, and as a storm whirling the dust of the wheel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24 - Your bulls and your oxen that till the ground, shall eat chaff mixed with winnowed barley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - Then wolves and lambs shall feed together, and the lion shall eat chaff like the ox, and the serpent earth as bread. They shall not injure nor destroy in my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and he in whom is my word spoken to him, let him tell my word truly: what is the chaff to the corn? so are my words, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw thee water for a siege, and well secure thy strong-holds: enter into the clay, and be thou trodden in the chaff, make the fortifications stronger than brick.
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