Unquenchable
ἄσβεστοςStrong’s G0762asbestos
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Asbestos is the Greek word usually translated “unquenchable”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“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 fire.”
Meaning
Usually translated “unquenchable”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- unquenchable 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 9:43And 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:
- Mark 9:45And 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:
- Luke 3:17Whose 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.
Greek dictionary
ἄσβεστος asbestos · unquenchable
ἄ-σβεστος, -ον (σβέννυμι), [in LXX for נָפַח לֹא, Job.20:26 א3 A (ἄκαυστον, א2 B)* ;] unquenched, unquenchable: πῦρ, Mat.3:12, Mrk.9:43, Luk.3:17.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “unquenchable” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNQUENCH'ABLE, adjective
That cannot be quenched; that will never be extinguished; inextinguishable.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.