ἄσβεστος
asbestos · unquenchable
Greek word · Strong’s number G762 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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asbestos (ἄσβεστος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “unquenchable”.
Never put out.
How to say it
as·bes·tos
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
- That never stops burning.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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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.”
- Mark 9:43
And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life maimed than having the two hands to go away into Gehenna, into the 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.”