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G892 — ἄχυρον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
achuron (akh'-oo-ron) n.
1. chaff (as diffusive)
[perhaps remotely from cheo "to shed forth"]
KJV: chaff
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
chaff
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄχυρον, ἀχύρου, τό, "a stalk of grain from which the kernels have been beaten out; straw broken up by a threshing-machine, chaff": Mat 3:12; Luk 3:17. (In Greek writings from Herodotus 4, 72; Xenophon, oec. 18. 1, 2, 6 down; mostly in plural τά ἄχυρα; in Job 21:18 the Sept. also of the chaff accustomed to being driven away by the wind.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄχυρον (chaff)
Matthew 3:12
- KJV: Whose fan 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
- GK: ου το πτύον εν τη χειρί αυτού και διακαθαριεί την άλωνα αυτού και συνάξει τον σίτον αυτού εις την αποθήκην το δε άχυρον κατακαύσει πυρί ασβέστω
Luke 3:17
- KJV: Whose fan 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
- GK: ου το πτύον εν τη χειρί αυτού και διακαθαριεί την άλωνα αυτού και συνάξει τον σίτον εις την αποθήκην αυτού το δε άχυρον κατακαύσει πυρί ασβέστω