Matthew 3:12

New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

אֲשֶׁר

ʼăsher

H834

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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זָרָה

zârâh

H2219

to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow

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is in his

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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and he will

שָׁקַל

shâqal

H8254

to suspend or poise (especially in trade)

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חָטָא

châṭâʼ

H2398

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

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his

גֹּרֶן

gôren

H1637

a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area

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and

קָבַץ

qâbats

H6908

to grasp, i.e. collect

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his

חִטָּה

chiṭṭâh

H2406

wheat, whether the grain or the plant

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into the

אוֹצָר

ʼôwtsâr

H214

a depository

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but he will

שָׂרַף

sâraph

H8313

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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up the

מֹץ

môts

H4671

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

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with

ἄσβεστος

ásbestos

G762

not extinguished, i.e. (by implication) perpetual

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אֵשׁ

ʼêsh

H784

fire (literally or figuratively)

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Key Terms in This Verse

garner H214

אוֹצָר ʼôwtsâr

a depository

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unquenchable G762

ἄσβεστος ásbestos

not extinguished, i.e. (by implication) perpetual

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fan H2219

זָרָה zârâh

to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow

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throughly H8254

שָׁקַל shâqal

to suspend or poise (especially in trade)

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chaff H4671

מֹץ môts

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

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purge H2398

חָטָא châṭâʼ

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

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floor H1637

גֹּרֶן gôren

a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area

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wheat H2406

חִטָּה chiṭṭâh

wheat, whether the grain or the plant

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burn H8313

שָׂרַף sâraph

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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gather H6908

קָבַץ qâbats

to grasp, i.e. collect

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Cross References

Malachi 4:1 cross-reference

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i...

Matthew 13:30 cross-reference

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 ...

Luke 3:17 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 41:16 cross-reference

Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:2 cross-reference

And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

Psalm 1:4 cross-reference

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Matthew 13:41 cross-reference

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

Jeremiah 7:20 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and ...

John 15:2 cross-reference

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Jeremiah 15:7 cross-reference

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.

Psalm 35:5 cross-reference

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Isaiah 5:24 cross-reference

Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the ...

Job 21:18 cross-reference

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Isaiah 66:24 cross-reference

And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unt...

Isaiah 30:24 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 1:31 cross-reference

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

Jeremiah 17:27 cross-reference

But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, a...

Matthew 13:43 cross-reference

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Isaiah 17:13 cross-reference

The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling th...

Jeremiah 4:11 cross-reference

At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

Amos 9:9 cross-reference

For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

Hosea 13:3 cross-reference

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

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