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Koine Greek wordlink #1227

SR GNT Mat 3:12 ἀσβέστῳ (asbestōi) ‘chaff he will_be burning_up with fire inextinguishable’ Strongs=7620 Lemma=asbestos
Word role=adjective case=dative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=26 AD TimeSeries=John_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἀσβέστῳ (A-DNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀσβέστῳ’ (A-DNS) is always and only glossed as ‘inextinguishable’.

Luke 3:17 ‘the chaff he will_be burning_up with fire inextinguishable’ SR GNT Luke 3:17 word 31

OET-LV: 17 of _whom the winnowing _fork is in the hand of _him to _clear _out the threshing _floor of _him, and to _gather _together the wheat into the barn of _him, and he _will _be _burning _up the the_chaff with_ inextinguishable _fire. (LUK_3:17)

OET-RV: 17 He’ll hold the winnowing fork so he can clear out the threshing floor, gathering the wheat into his barn and burning up the chaff with a fire that never goes out.” (LUK 3:17)

Greek words (2) other than ἀσβέστῳ (A-DNS) with a gloss related to ‘inextinguishable’

MARK 9:43 ἄσβεστον (asbeston) A-ANS ‘into the fire inextinguishable’ SR GNT Mark 9:43 word 40

OET-LV: 43 And if the hand of _you may _be _stumbling you, cut_ it _off, it _is better for _you to _come _in into the life maimed, than to _go _away into the geenna having the two hands, into the the inextinguishable fire. (MRK_9:43)

OET-RV: 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. (MRK 9:43)

MARK 9:45 ἄσβεστον (asbeston) A-ANS ‘into the fire inextinguishable’ SR GNT Mark 9:45 word 46

OET-LV: 45 And if the foot of _you may _be _stumbling you, cut_ it _off, it _is better for _you to _come _in into the life lame, than having the two feet to _be _thrown into the geenna. (MRK_9:45)

OET-RV: 45 And if your foot causes you to disobey God, cut it off—it’s better to enter eternal life being maimed, than to have two feet but to be thrown into hell. (MRK 9:45)

Key: A=adjective ANS=accusative,neuter,singular DNS=dative,neuter,singular