adjective

asbestem

Greekἄσβεστος (asbestos)

Strong’sG762

inextinguishable, unquenchable

stem asbest-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

unquenchable3×

What it means

ἄ-σβεστος, -ον

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

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

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G762 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidas'-bes-tos

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

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G4570;

King Jamesnot to be quenched, unquenchable.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	asbestos	asbestas	asbestem1×ἄσβεστον	asbestois	asbestais	asbesteim
object accusative	asbeston	asbestan		asbestoin	asbestain
direct address vocative	asbestor	asbestar		asbestoir	asbestair
of, belonging to genitive	asbestou	asbestau	asbesteu	asbestoiu	asbestaiu	asbesteiu
to, for dative	asbesto	asbesta	asbeste2×ἀσβέστῳ	asbestoi	asbestai	asbestei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

asbeststem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

asbest is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

asbestem“unquenchable”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Mark 9:43“unquenchable”Kai ean skandalizateiō sin tas cheiras su, apokoptasar autan; kalem atō sin kullon eiserchara eis tan zōan ē tain duo cheirain echarōton aperchara eis tan geennan, eis tem purem tem asbestem.If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

asbeste“unquenchable”to, fordative singular2×

Matthew 3:12“unquenchable”hou tem ptuem en ta cheira autou, kai diakatharizati tan halōnan autou kai sunagati ton siton autou eis tan apothēkan, tem de achurem katakaiati pure asbeste.His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Luke 3:17“unquenchable”hou tem ptuem en ta cheira autou diakathairara tan halōnan autou kai sunagara ton siton eis tan apothēkan autou, tem de achurem katakaiati pure asbeste.His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”