Dictionary entry

ἄσβεστος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἄ-σβεστος, -ον

(< σβέννυμι), [in LXX for נפחלֹא, Jb 20:26א3 A (ἄκαυστον, א2 B)*;]

unquenched, unquenchable: πῦρ, Mt 3:12, Mk 9:43, Lk 3:17.†