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Chaff

The refuse of winnowed corn. It was usually burned (Ex. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H2842, H4671, H5784, G0892, H8401, H7179
Hebrew
חֲשַׁשׁ · châshash
Greek
ἄχυρον · achuron

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἄχυρον

G0892
Transliteration
achuron
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-N
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

chaff

Lexicon definition

ἄχυρον, -ον, τό [in LXX chiefly for תֶּבֶן ;] chaff: Mat.3:12, Luk.3:17.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

תֶּבֶן

H8401
Transliteration
teben
Pronunciation
teh'-ben
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
17

Glosses

chaff, straw, stubble.

Lexicon definition

properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מֹץ

H4671
Transliteration
môts
Pronunciation
motes
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
8

Glosses

chaff.

Lexicon definition

chaff (as pressed out, i.e. winnowed or (rather) threshed loose)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Chaff

The refuse of winnowed corn. It was usually burned (Ex. 15:7; Isa. 5:24; Matt. 3:12). This word sometimes, however, means dried grass or hay (Isa. 5:24; 33:11). Chaff is used as a figure of abortive wickedness (Ps. 1:4; Matt. 3:12). False doctrines are also called chaff (Jer. 23:28), or more correctly rendered "chopped straw." The destruction of the wicked, and their powerlessness, are likened to the carrying away of chaff by the wind (Isa. 17:13; Hos. 13:3; Zeph. 2:2).

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Chaff

Indexed occurrences: 18

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All Scripture references32 references

Exodus 2

Exodus 5:12Exodus 15:7

Job 5

Job 13:25Job 21:18Job 41:20Job 41:21Job 41:28

Psalms 4

Psalms 1:4Psalms 35:5Psalms 83:13Psalms 83:14

Isaiah 8

Isaiah 5:24Isaiah 17:13Isaiah 29:5Isaiah 33:11Isaiah 40:24Isaiah 41:2Isaiah 41:15Isaiah 47:14

Jeremiah 2

Jeremiah 13:24Jeremiah 23:28

Daniel 1

Daniel 2:35

Hosea 1

Hosea 13:3

Joel 1

Joel 2:5

Amos 1

Amos 8:6

Obadiah 1

Obadiah 1:18

Nahum 1

Nahum 1:10

Zephaniah 1

Zephaniah 2:2

Malachi 1

Malachi 3:19

Matthew 1

Matthew 3:12

Luke 2

Luke 3:17Luke 6:41

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Ancient Context1 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Moses And Aaron Returned Into Egypt To Pharaoh.

Antiquities Book 2, Chapter 13

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CHAFF

Nave’s Topical Bible references for CHAFF.

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Dictionary

Chaff

The refuse of winnowed corn. It was usually burned (Ex. 15:7; Isa. 5:24; Matt. 3:12). This word sometimes, however, means dried grass or hay (Isa. 5:24; 33:11). Chaff is used as a figure of abortive wickedness (Ps. 1:4; Matt. 3:12). False doctrines are also called chaff (Jer. 23:28), or more correctly rendered "chopped straw." The destruction of the wicked, and their powerlessness, are likened to the carrying away of chaff by the wind (Isa. 17:13; Hos. 13:3; Zeph. 2:2).

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Fan

A winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind that it might be cleansed from broken straw and chaff (Isa. 30:24; Jer. 15:7; Matt. 3:12). (See [205]AGRICULTURE.)

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Mote

(Gr. karphos, something dry, hence a particle of wood or chaff, etc.). A slight moral defect is likened to a mote (Matt. 7:3-5; Luke 6:41, 42).

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