ἄχυρον

achyron · chaff

Greek word · Strong’s number G892 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

achyron (ἄχυρον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “chaff”.

The husk of the grain.

How to say it

a·chy·ron

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

Husks and bits of grain the wind carries off.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Where it appears

Matthew 3:12
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”
Luke 3:17
His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”