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NASB					Luke 3:17 "His ^Awinnowing⁴⁴²⁵ fork⁴⁴²⁵ is in His hand⁵⁴⁹⁵ to thoroughly^1245a clear^1245a His threshing²⁵⁷ floor²⁵⁷, and to gather⁴⁸⁶³ the wheat⁴⁶²¹ into His barn⁵⁹⁶; but He will burn²⁶¹⁸ up the chaff⁸⁹² with ^Bunquenchable⁷⁶² fire⁴⁴⁴²."
AMPLIFIED 2015					Luke 3:17 "His ¹winnowing fork is in His hand to thoroughly clear His threshing floor, and to gather the wheat (believers) into His barn (kingdom); but He will burn up the chaff (the unrepentant) with unquenchable fire."

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
Literal renderings, alternate translations or explanations.

A tool roughly resembling a pitchfork, used to separate grains of wheat from the chaff by throwing the wheat into the air, and allowing the wind to blow away the lighter chaff.

NASB Cross References:
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Is 30:24 Also the oxen and the donkeys which work the ground will eat salted fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.

Mark 9:43 "If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,

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Greek Heb.

257

halôn; from halôs (a threshing floor); a threshing floor:--threshing floor(2).

596

apothêkê; from 659; a place for putting away, hence a storehouse:--barn(4), barns(2).

762

asbestos; from 1 (as a neg. pref.) and sbestos (quenched, extinguished); unquenched, unquenchable:--unquenchable(3).

892

achuron; of unc. or.; chaff:--chaff(2).

1245a

diakathairô; from 1223 and 2508; to cleanse thoroughly:--thoroughly clear(1).

2618

katakaiô; from 2596 and 2545; to burn up:--burn(4), burned(8), burning(1).

4425

ptuon; a prim. word; a winnowing shovel:--winnowing fork(2).

4442

pur; a prim. word; fire:--burning(2), fiery(2), fire(69).

4621

sitos; a prim. word; grain:--grain(2), wheat(12).

4863

sunagô; from 4862 and 71; to lead together, i.e. bring together, hence come together (pass.), entertain:--assemble(1), assembled(5), came together(1), convened(1), gather(10), gather...together(2), gather together(1), gathered(9), gathered...together(3), gathered together(14), gathered...together(1), gathering(3), gathering together(1), invite(2), invited(1), met(2), store(2).

5495

cheir; a prim. word; the hand:--agency(1), charge*(1), grasp(1), hand(82), hands(88), help(1).

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