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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 Box Gen 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - She added, “We have plenty of both straw and fodder, and room to spend the night.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - So the man came to the house and unharnessed the camels, and gave straw and fodder to the camels, and there was water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - “You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - We have straw and feed for our donkeys, with bread and wine for me and your female servant and the young man with your servants. There is no lack of anything.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:27 - And those officers supplied provisions for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, each one in his month. They let nothing be lacking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - That they are like straw before the wind,
and like chaff that the storm carries away?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 - He counts iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - The cow and the bear shall graze;
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - The nations roar like the roaring of many waters,
but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind
and whirling dust before the storm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24 - and the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;
the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
and dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw water for the siege;
strengthen your forts;
go into the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!
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