Lexicon :: Strong's G762 - asbestos

ἄσβεστος

Transliteration

asbestos (Key)

Pronunciation

as'-bes-tos

Part of Speech

adjective

Root Word (Etymology)

From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of σβέννυμι (G4570)

Greek Inflections of ἄσβεστος [?]

mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)

ἄσβεστον — 2x

ἀσβέστῳ — 2x

ἄσβεστον — 1x

ἀσβέστῳ — 2x

Dictionary Aids

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Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

ἄσβεστος ásbestos, as'-bes-tos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G4570; not extinguished, i.e. (by implication) perpetual:—not to be quenched, unquenchable.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G762 in the following manner: unquenchable (2x), never shall be quenched (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G762 in the following manner: unquenchable (2x), never shall be quenched (2x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

unquenched, unquenchable
1. of eternal hell fire to punish the damned

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

ἄσβεστος ásbestos, as'-bes-tos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G4570; not extinguished, i.e. (by implication) perpetual:—not to be quenched, unquenchable.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS G762:

ἄσβεστος, -ον, (σβέννυμι), unquenched (Ovid, inexstinctus), unquenchable (Vulg. inexstinguibilis): πῦρ, Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17; Mark 9:43, and R G L brackets in 45. (Often in Homer; πῦρ ἄσβ. of the perpetual fire of Vesta, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 1, 76; [of the fire on the altar, Philo de ebriet. § 34 (Mang. i. 378); de vict. off. § 5 (Mang. 2:254); of the fire of the magi, Strabo 15 (3) 15; see also Plutarch, symp. 50:7, probl. 4; Aelian nat. an. 5, 3; cf. Heinichen on Eusebius, h. e. 6, 41, 15].)

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew: 3:12
Mark: 9:43
Luke: 3:17

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G762 matches the Greek ἄσβεστος (asbestos),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the TR Greek.

View OT results in the LXX Greek concordance

View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

Mat 3:12

Mat 3:12 - Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable^G762 fire.

Mar 9:43

Mar 9:43 - And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:^G762

Mar 9:45

Mar 9:45 - And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:^G762

Luk 3:17

Luk 3:17 - Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.^G762