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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 -

She also said to him, “We have plenty of straw and feed and a place to spend the night.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 -

So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was brought to wash his feet and the feet of the men with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 -

“Don’t continue to supply the people with straw for making bricks, as before. They must go and gather straw for themselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 -

So the overseers and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am not giving you straw.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 -

“Go get straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 -

So the people scattered throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 -

The overseers insisted, “Finish your assigned work each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 -

“No straw has been given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks! ’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but it is your own people who are at fault.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 -

“Now get to work. No straw will be given to you, but you must produce the same quantity of bricks.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 -

“although there’s straw and feed for the donkeys, and I have bread and wine for me, my concubine, and the servant[fn] with us. There is nothing we lack.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:27 -

Each of those deputies for a month in turn provided food for King Solomon and for everyone who came to King Solomon’s table. They neglected nothing.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 -

Are they like straw before the wind,

like chaff a storm sweeps away?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 -

He regards iron as straw,

and bronze as rotten wood.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 -

The cow and the bear will graze,

their young ones will lie down together,

and the lion will eat straw like cattle.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 -

The nations rage like the rumble of a huge torrent.

He rebukes them, and they flee far away,

driven before the wind like chaff on the hills

and like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24 -

The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder scattered with winnowing shovel and fork.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 -

“The wolf and the lamb will feed together,[fn]

and the lion will eat straw like cattle,

but the serpent’s food will be dust!

They will not do what is evil or destroy

on my entire holy mountain,”

says the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 -

“The prophet who has only a dream should recount the dream, but the one who has my word should speak my word truthfully, for what is straw compared to grain? ” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 -

Draw water for the siege;

strengthen your fortresses.

Step into the clay and tread the mortar;

take hold of the brick-mold!

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