Strong G931βάσανος
torment
- Transliteration
- basanos
- Pronunciation
- bas'-an-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Perhaps remotely from the same as G939 (through the notion of going to the bottom); a touch stone that is (by analogy) torture: - torment.
Detailed definition
βάσανος, -ου, ὁ (of Oriental origin),
[in LXX chiefly for כְּלִמָּה,אָשָׁם, and frequently in 4Mac;]
1. prop., touchstone, a dark stone used in testing metals.
2. examination by torture.
3. torment, torture: Mat.4:24, Luk.15:23, 28.
† (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for כְּלִמָּה,אָשָׁם, and frequently in 4Mac;]
1. prop., touchstone, a dark stone used in testing metals.
2. examination by torture.
3. torment, torture: Mat.4:24, Luk.15:23, 28.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G931 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- torment3
First verses
- Matthew 4:24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
- Luke 16:23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
- Luke 16:28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
βᾰσᾰν-ος, ἡ,
touchstone, on which pure gold leaves a yellow streak, ἐς βάσανον δ᾽ ἐλθὼν παρατρίβομαι ὥστε μολύβδῳ χρυσός [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 417; χρυσὸν τριβόμενον βασάνῳ [prev. author] 450, compare 1105; παρατρίβεσθαι πρὸς τὰς β. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Coloribus” 793b1, compare “HA” 597b2: _metaphorically_, β. τοῦ ἀρώματος (i.e. τοῦ κινναμώμου) τὴν αἶγα εἶναι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.4.)]
II the use of this as a test, χρυσὸς ἐν β. πρέπει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.67)]: generally, test, trial of genuineness, οὐκ ἔστιν μείζων β. χρόνου [[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus] 175.1; δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔλεγχον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.20; σοφὸς ὤφθη βασάνῳ θ᾽ ἁδύπολις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 510 (Lyric poetry), compare 494; βάσανον λαμβάνειν περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 648b)]; εἰς β. εἶ χερῶν wilt come to a trial of strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 835; πλοῦτος β. ἀνθρώπου τρόπων 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 232.5)]; [νόσου] ἔσχ᾽ ἐπὶ σοὶ βάσανον had experienced it in you, i. e. you had had it first, [Refs (“IG” 14.1320)]; βάσανον ὑποκείσονται will be subjected to a test, of candidates, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 58.25 (3rd c.AD).)]
III inquiry by torture, ἐς πᾶσαν β. ἀπικνέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.110; εἰς β. αἰτεῖν 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.88; ἐξετάσαι διὰ βασάνων “SIG” 780.12 (Astypalaea, Aug.))]; especially at Athens, used to extort evidence from slaves, εἰς β. δέχεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.12; εἰς β. παραδοῦναι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.17; ἐκ βασάνων εἰπεῖν [prev. work] 12)]: in plural, confession upon torture, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.24, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 5, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1355b37.)]
III.2 agony of battle, ἡ κατὰ τὸ ἔργον β. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 6.24)]; tortures of disease, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.4.24; compare ἐπάγρυπνος β. 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 211.28; also ψυχικαί [prev. author] 182.19)]; torments of hell,[NT (NT.Luke.16.23.)]
III.3 trespass-offering, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.6.17.—Oriental word.)]
touchstone, on which pure gold leaves a yellow streak, ἐς βάσανον δ᾽ ἐλθὼν παρατρίβομαι ὥστε μολύβδῳ χρυσός [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 417; χρυσὸν τριβόμενον βασάνῳ [prev. author] 450, compare 1105; παρατρίβεσθαι πρὸς τὰς β. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Coloribus” 793b1, compare “HA” 597b2: _metaphorically_, β. τοῦ ἀρώματος (i.e. τοῦ κινναμώμου) τὴν αἶγα εἶναι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.4.)]
II the use of this as a test, χρυσὸς ἐν β. πρέπει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.67)]: generally, test, trial of genuineness, οὐκ ἔστιν μείζων β. χρόνου [[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus] 175.1; δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔλεγχον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.20; σοφὸς ὤφθη βασάνῳ θ᾽ ἁδύπολις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 510 (Lyric poetry), compare 494; βάσανον λαμβάνειν περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 648b)]; εἰς β. εἶ χερῶν wilt come to a trial of strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 835; πλοῦτος β. ἀνθρώπου τρόπων 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 232.5)]; [νόσου] ἔσχ᾽ ἐπὶ σοὶ βάσανον had experienced it in you, i. e. you had had it first, [Refs (“IG” 14.1320)]; βάσανον ὑποκείσονται will be subjected to a test, of candidates, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 58.25 (3rd c.AD).)]
III inquiry by torture, ἐς πᾶσαν β. ἀπικνέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.110; εἰς β. αἰτεῖν 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.88; ἐξετάσαι διὰ βασάνων “SIG” 780.12 (Astypalaea, Aug.))]; especially at Athens, used to extort evidence from slaves, εἰς β. δέχεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.12; εἰς β. παραδοῦναι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.17; ἐκ βασάνων εἰπεῖν [prev. work] 12)]: in plural, confession upon torture, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.24, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 5, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1355b37.)]
III.2 agony of battle, ἡ κατὰ τὸ ἔργον β. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 6.24)]; tortures of disease, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.4.24; compare ἐπάγρυπνος β. 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 211.28; also ψυχικαί [prev. author] 182.19)]; torments of hell,[NT (NT.Luke.16.23.)]
III.3 trespass-offering, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.6.17.—Oriental word.)]