UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: ἄσβεστος; -ον

Constructions: ἄσβεστος; ἀ-; σβέννυμι

Semantic entry: 14.71

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Burning

Definition: pertaining to a fire that cannot be put out

Notes: It may be necessary in some languages to render ‘unquenchable’ by an active equivalent, for example, ‘a fire that no one can put out.’

MAT 3:12: RV MAT 3:12 · LV MAT 3:12 · Read together MAT 3:12

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12 He’s already holding his fork so that he can clear his threshing floor—he’ll work through the pile throwing it into the air, where the breeze will carry the chaff away, and he’ll burn it with unquenchable fire, while the heavier grains of wheat will land in the pile to be brought into the barn.”

MRK 9:43: RV MRK 9:43 · LV MRK 9:43 · Read together MRK 9:43

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43 If your hand causes you to disobey God, cut it off—it’s better to enter eternal life being maimed, than to have two hands but to be thrown into the fire that never goes out.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 3:12 · LV MAT 3:12 · Read together MAT 3:12

MRK: RV MRK 9:43 · LV MRK 9:43 · Read together MRK 9:43

LUK: RV LUK 3:17 · LV LUK 3:17 · Read together LUK 3:17

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament