ἄσβεστος

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ἄ-σβεστος, -ον

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

unquenched, unquenchable: πῦρ, Matthew 3:12, Mark 9:43, Luke 3:17.

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Matthew 3:12ἀσβέστῳ · with unquenchable
His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Mark 9:43ἄσβεστον · unquenchable
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
Luke 3:17ἀσβέστῳ · with unquenchable
His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”