Strong's Greek · G762

ἄσβεστος

ásbestos

not to be quenched, unquenchable

Definition

not extinguished, i.e. (by implication) perpetual

Derivation

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G4570 (σβέννυμι);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Luke 3:17

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Mark 9:43

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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