Luke 3:17
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
זָרָה
zârâh
to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
שָׁקַל
shâqal
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
חָטָא
châṭâʼ
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
גֹּרֶן
gôren
a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area
חִטָּה
chiṭṭâh
wheat, whether the grain or the plant
מֹץ
môts
chaff (as pressed out, i.e. winnowed or (rather) threshed loose)
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
ἄσβεστος
ásbestos
not extinguished, i.e. (by implication) perpetual
Key Terms in This Verse
חָטָא châṭâʼ
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
Study H2398 →Cross References
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my ...
And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
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.
The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
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