King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Chaff
CategoryArchaic Word / Metaphorical Term
Modern Equivalentthe dry husks of grain blown away at threshing; something worthless.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionThe dry outer husks of grain separated from the edible kernel during threshing. The wind blows away the chaff while the grain remains — a powerful biblical image of the wicked being separated from the righteous by divine judgment.
Key Verses"The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away." (Psalm 1:4); "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." (Matthew 3:12)