HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4671
מוֹץ
mots — chaff
1) chaff 1a) always as driven by wind
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Chaff
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G892
ἄχυρον
achuron — chaff
ἄχυρον, -ον, τό [in LXX chiefly for תֶּבֶן ;] chaff: Mat.3:12, Luk.3:17.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2842
חֲשַׁשׁ
cha.shash — chaff
chaff, dry grass
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5784
עוּר
ur — chaff
chaff
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7179
קַשׁ
qash — stubble
stubble, chaff
15 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1534
גַּלְגַּל
gal.gal — wheel
1) wheel, whirl, whirlwind, whirling 1a) wheel 1b) whirl (of dust, chaff) Aramaic equivalent: gal.gal (גַּלְגַּל "wheel" H1535)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3039
λικμάω
likmaō — to crush
λικμάω, -ῶ (λικμός = λίκνον, a winnowing-fan), [in LXX chiefly for זָרָה ni., pi., Rut.3:2 3Ki.14:15, Isa.17:13, Jer.31:10, Dan.2:44, al. ;] 1. in cl., to winnow (so Ru, l.with). 2. In LXX (ll with, exc. Ru), to scatter (as chaff or dust): Luk.20:18 (RV, scatter as dust, Deiss., BS, 225 f., quotes ex. in π. which suggests the meaning ruin, destroy; cf. Vg. comminuet, AV, grind to powder; cf. also Kennedy, Sources, 126), Mat.21:44 [WH], R, txt.† (AS)
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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).
Scripture references
Exodus 15:7Isaiah 5:24Matthew 3:12Isaiah 33:11Psalms 1:4Jeremiah 23:28Isaiah 17:13Hosea 13:3Zephaniah 2:2
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.