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unquenched, unquenchable: πῦρ, Matthew 3:12, Mark 9:43, Luke 3:17.
Greek (New Testament) · G762
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 3:12 He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”
- Mark 9:43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand than to go into the unquenchable fires of hell with two hands.
- Luke 3:17 He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.