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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 892. ἄχυρον (achuron) -- Chaff</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/892.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/6-26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/892.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 892</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/891.htm" title="891">◄</a> 892. achuron <a href="../greek/893.htm" title="893">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">achuron: Chaff</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἄχυρον</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Neuter<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>achuron<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>AH-khoo-ron<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(akh'-oo-ron)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Chaff<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>chaff.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from a presumed derivative of the base of ἄχω (achō), meaning "to hold" or "to have."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - H4671 מֹץ (mots) - chaff<p> - H8401 תֶּבֶן (teben) - straw, chaff<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "achuron" refers to the husks or outer coverings of grain that are separated from the edible part during the threshing process. In biblical usage, it often symbolizes that which is worthless or destined for destruction, in contrast to the valuable grain.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient agrarian societies, threshing was a common practice where grain was separated from chaff. The chaff, being light and insubstantial, was typically blown away by the wind or burned. This imagery was well understood by the original audience of the Bible, as it was a part of their daily life and agricultural practices.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>chaff<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>chaff (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 892: ἄχυρον</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἄχυρον</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἀχύρου</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span>, "a stalk of grain from which the kernels have been beaten out; straw broken up by a threshing-machine, chaff": <a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-17.htm">Luke 3:17</a>. (In Greek writings from <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> 4, 72; <span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, oec. 18. 1, 2, 6 down; mostly in plural <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">ἄχυρα</span>; in <a href="/interlinear/job/21-18.htm">Job 21:18</a> the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> also of the chaff accustomed to being driven away by the wind.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>chaff. <p>Perhaps remotely from cheo (to shed forth); chaff (as diffusive) -- chaff. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>άχυρα αχύροις αχυρον άχυρον ἄχυρον achuron achyron áchyron<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 3:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τὸ δὲ <b>ἄχυρον</b> κατακαύσει πυρὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> but He will burn <span class="itali">up the chaff</span> with unquenchable<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he will burn up <span class="itali">the chaff</span> with unquenchable<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and <span class="itali">[the] chaff</span> he will burn up with fire<p><b><a href="/text/luke/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 3:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τὸ δὲ <b>ἄχυρον</b> κατακαύσει πυρὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> but He will burn <span class="itali">up the chaff</span> with unquenchable<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but <span class="itali">the chaff</span> he will burn<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and <span class="itali">[the] chaff</span> he will burn with fire<p><b><a href="/greek/892.htm">Strong's Greek 892</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_892.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/achuron_892.htm">ἄχυρον — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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