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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 BoxGen 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - And she added, “We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - So the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder were brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to wash their feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - Then the slave drivers and the overseers went out and said to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you any more straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, “Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - We have both straw and fodder for our donkeys and bread and wine for ourselves your servants—me, the woman and the young man with us. We don’t need anything.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:27 - The district governors, each in his month, supplied provisions for King Solomon and all who came to the king’s table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 - Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters, when he rebukes them they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweed before a gale.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24 - The oxen and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder and mash, spread out with fork and shovel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,”

says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses! Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork!
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