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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 - And she said to him, “We have plenty of both straw and feed, and a place to lodge in.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - So the man came into the house. Then [fn]Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw and feed to the camels, and 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 are no longer to give the people straw to make brick as previously; 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 of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I am not going to give you any straw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - ‘You go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but no amount of your slave labor will be reduced.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people scattered through 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 - And the taskmasters were pressing them, saying, “Complete your [fn]work quota, [fn]the daily amount, just as when there was straw.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - “There is no straw given to your slaves, yet they keep saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your slaves are being beaten; but it is the [fn]sin of your own people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - “So now, go and labor; but straw will not be given to you, yet you must deliver the quota of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - “Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, [fn]your maidservant, and the young man who is 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 these deputies sustained King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon’s table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 -

“Are they as straw before the wind,

And like chaff which the storm steals away?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 -

“It regards iron as straw,

Bronze as rotten wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 -

Also the cow and the bear will graze,

Their young will lie down together,

And the lion will eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 -

The nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters,

But He will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,

And be pursued like chaff in the mountains before the wind,

Or like whirling dust before a whirlwind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24 - Also the oxen and the donkeys which work the ground will eat salted fodder, which [fn]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 will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,” says Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - “The prophet who has a dream may recount his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw have in common with grain?” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 -

Draw for yourself water for the siege!

Strengthen your fortifications!

Go into the clay and tread the mortar!

[fn]Take hold of the brick mold!

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