What does ἄσβεστος (ásbestos) mean in the Bible?
ἄσβεστος (ásbestos): Fire that cannot be extinguished; emphasizes permanence and destructive inevitability in eschatological judgment contexts.
Greek · G762
ἄσβεστος
Unquenchable
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ἄσβεστος G762
Pronunciation ásbestos
What does ἄσβεστος (ásbestos) mean in the Bible?
ἄσβεστος (ásbestos): Fire that cannot be extinguished; emphasizes permanence and destructive inevitability in eschatological judgment contexts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G762?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include with unquenchable (2), unquenchable (1).
Where does ἄσβεστος (ásbestos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 3:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It with unquenchable 2× Matthew 3:12, Luke 3:17
unquenchable 1× Mark 9:43
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 3:12
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1
Source forms
ἀσβέστῳ 2x asbestō Matthew 3:12, Luke 3:17
ἄσβεστον 1x asbeston Mark 9:43
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular 2x Matthew 3:12, Luke 3:17
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Mark 9:43
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Fire that cannot be extinguished; emphasizes permanence and destructive inevitability in eschatological judgment contexts.
Strong's G762
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
unquenchable
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Fire that cannot be extinguished; emphasizes permanence and destructive inevitability in eschatological judgment contexts.
(σβέννυμι), [in LXX for נָפַח לֹא, Job.20:26 א3 A (ἄκαυστον, א2 B)* ;] unquenched, unquenchable: πῦρ, Mat.3:12, Mrk.9:43, Luk.3:17.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 3:12 Adjective Dative Singular Neuter
ἀσβέστῳ. asbestw
inextinguishable, unquenchable
Read verse Mark 9:43 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ἄσβεστον, asbeston
inextinguishable, unquenchable
Read verse Mark 9:45 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ἄσβεστον, asbeston
inextinguishable, unquenchable
Read verse Luke 3:17 Adjective Dative Singular Neuter
ἀσβέστῳ. asbestw
inextinguishable, unquenchable
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 3:12 · Luke 3:17 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Mark 9:43 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Mark 9:42–48 ἄσβεστος ásbestos
unquenchable, inextinguishable
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἄσβεστος is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain