Strong G930βασανιστής
torturer
- Transliteration
- basanistēs
- Pronunciation
- bas-an-is-tace'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G928; a torturer: - tormentor.
Detailed definition
βασανιστής, -οῦ, ὁ (βασανίζω),
prop., a torturer; used of a gaoler, Mat.18:34.†
(AS)
prop., a torturer; used of a gaoler, Mat.18:34.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G930 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tormentor1
First verses
- Matthew 18:34And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
βᾰσᾰν-ιστής, οῦ, ὁ,
examiner, questioner, torturer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.32, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.40, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.498d)]; gaoler, NT.Matt.18.34.
II one who tests, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 21.247c)]:—feminine βᾰσᾰν-ίστρια, examiner, ἐπῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 826.)]
examiner, questioner, torturer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.32, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.40, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.498d)]; gaoler, NT.Matt.18.34.
II one who tests, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 21.247c)]:—feminine βᾰσᾰν-ίστρια, examiner, ἐπῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 826.)]