Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
asbestos
Simplified transliteration
asbestos
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-3a
Gloss
unquenchable, inextinguishable
Definition
unquenched; inextinguishable, unquenchable, Mt. 3:12; Mk. 9:43; Lk. 3:17*
Greek-English Concordance for ἄσβεστος
| Matthew 3:12 |
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable (asbestō | ἀσβέστῳ | dat sg neut) fire.” |
| Mark 9:43 |
And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled than having two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable (asbeston | ἄσβεστον | acc sg neut) fire. |
| Luke 3:17 |
His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable (asbestō | ἀσβέστῳ | dat sg neut) fire.” |