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ἄχυρον

achyron

Neuter noun · Perhaps remotely from cheo (to shed forth)

Perhaps remotely from χέω chéō (to shed forth); chaff (as diffusive):—chaff.

Outline

a stalk of grain from which the kernels have been beaten out
straw broken up by a threshing machine, chaff

Usages

Matthew 3:12

Whose fan is 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.

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Luke 3:17

Whose fan is 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.

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