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ἄσβεστος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἄσβεστος, ον
Greek transliteration: 
asbestos
Simplified transliteration: 
asbestos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
762
GK Number: 
812
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-3a
Gloss: 
unquenchable, inextinguishable
Definition: 
unquenched; inextinguishable, unquenchable, Mt. 3:12; Mk. 9:43; Lk. 3:17*

Greek-English Concordance for ἄσβεστος

Matthew 3:12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable (asbestō | ἀσβέστῳ | dat sg neut) fire.”
Mark 9:43 And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled than having two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable (asbeston | ἄσβεστον | acc sg neut) fire.
Luke 3:17 His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable (asbestō | ἀσβέστῳ | dat sg neut) fire.”