- Transliteration: Asbestos

- Phonetic: as'-bes-tos

- Definition:

1. unquenched, unquenchable

a. of eternal hell fire to punish the damned

- Origin: from G1" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G4570" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4570

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Adjective

- Strong's: From G1" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G4570" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4570; not extinguished that is (by implication) perpetual: - not to be quenched unquenchable.