G762: ἄσβεστος (ásbestos)

G762 ἄσβεστος (ásbestos)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἄσβεστος, ον Adj inextinguishable, unquenchable

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of 4570; not extinguished, i.e. (by implication) perpetual

KJV Usage: not to be quenched, unquenchable

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἄσβεστος (G0762)

adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + σβέννυμι

14.71 · Physical Events and States · Burning

unquenchable pertaining to a fire that cannot be put out 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 · MRK 9:43 · LUK 3:17

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἄσβεστος, -ov, (σβέννυμι), unquenched (Ovid, inexstinctus), unquenchable (Vulg. inexstinguibilis) : πῦρ, Mt. iii. 12; Lk. iii. 17; Mk. ix.43,and RG Lbr. in 45. (Often in Hom.; πῦρ ἄσβ. of the perpetual fire of Vesta, Dion. Hal. antt. 1, 76; [of the fire on the altar, Philo de ebriet. ὃ 34 (Mang. i. 378); de vict. off. § 5 (Mang. ii. 254); of the fire of the magi, Strabo 15, (3) 15; see also Plut. symp. 1. vii. probl. 4; Aelian. nat. an. 5,3; cf. Heinichen on Euseb. h. 6. 6, 41, 15].)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἄσβεστος asbestos 3x

unquenched; inextinguishable, unquenchable, Mt. 3:12; Mk. 9:43; Lk. 3:17*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἄ-σβεστος, -ον

(< σβέννυμι), [in LXX for נפח לֹא, Jb 20:26 א3 A (ἄκαυστον, א2 B)*;]

unquenched, unquenchable: πῦρ, Mt 3:12, Mk 9:43, Lk 3:17.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἄσβεστος (asbestos) — unquenchable. ἄσβεστος, ον, also η, ον [Refs 8th c.BC+]:— unquenchable, inextinguishable, φλόξ[Refs 8th c.BC+] [same place]; not quenched, πῦρ ἄ.[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄ. πόρος ὠκεανοῦ ocean's ceaseless flow, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πῦρ, of hell, [NT]

II. as substantive, ἄσβεστος (i.e. τίτανος), ἡ, unslaked lime, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II.2. a mineral or gem, [Refs 1st c.AD+]. ἀσβεστώδης· tofus, [Refs]