Strong’s G762 · Greek
ἄσβεστος
ásbestos · as'-bes-tos
Origin from Α (G1) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of σβέννυμι (G4570);
Meaning not extinguished, i.e. (by implication) perpetual
In the King James Version not to be quenched, unquenchable.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Mark 9:45And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
- Luke 3:17Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.