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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 - Moreover she said to him, “We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - Then the man came to the house. And he unloaded the camels, and provided straw and feed for 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 shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, “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, get yourselves straw where you can find it; yet none of your work will be reduced.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters forced them to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, your daily quota, 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 servants, and they say to us, ‘Make brick!’ And indeed 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 - “Therefore go now and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - “although we have both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and bread and wine for myself, for your female servant, and for the young man who is with your servant; there is no lack of anything.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:27 - And these governors, each man in his month, provided food for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon’s table. There was no lack in their supply.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - They are like straw before the wind,
And like chaff that a storm carries away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 - He regards 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 ones 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 will rush like the rushing of many waters;
But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away,
And be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind,
Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24 - Likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that work the ground
Will eat cured fodder,
Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
The lion shall eat straw like the ox,
And dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - “The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream;
And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully.
What is the chaff to the wheat?” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw your water for the siege!
Fortify your strongholds!
Go into the clay and tread the mortar!
Make strong the brick kiln!
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