The Definition of the word Chaff

Chaff

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).