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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #929 - βασανισμός

Transliteration

basanismós

Phonetics

bas-an-is-mos'

Origin

from (G928)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

1:561,96

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to torture, a testing by the touchstone, which is a black siliceous stone used to test the purity of gold or silver by the colour of the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal
torment, torture
1. the act of tormenting
2. the state or condition of those tormented

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Revelation 6

BSB (5)

Revelation 6

CSB (6)

Revelation 6

ESV (6)

Revelation 6

KJV (6)

Revelation 6

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (6)

Revelation 6

N95 (6)

Revelation 6

NAS (6)

Revelation 6

NLT (6)

Revelation 10

WEB (6)

Revelation 6

YLT (6)

Revelation 6

ASV (6)

of torment 1

the torment 1

torment 4

BSB (5)

of torment 1

torment 4

CSB (6)

the torment 1

torment 5

ESV (6)

torment 6

KJV (6)

torment 6

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (6)

torment 6

N95 (6)

torment 6

NAS (6)

torment 6

NLT (6)

pain 2

torment 4

WEB (6)

of torment 1

the torment 1

torment 4

YLT (6)

the torment 1

torment 5

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

ANT

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

BEZ

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

BGB

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

BMT

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

BYZ

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

ELZ

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

NA26

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

SBL

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

SCV

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

STV

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

TIS

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

TRG

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

βᾰσᾰν-ισμός, ὁ,

torture: ὁ γὰρ Κορίνθιος (sc. οἶνος) β. ἐστι Alex. 290, cf. Revelation 9:5.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

βασανισμός, βασανισμοῦ, ὁ (βασανίζω, which see);

1. a testing by the touchstone or by torture.

2. torment, torture;

a. the act of tormenting: Revelation 9:5.

b. the state or condition of those tormented: Revelation 18:7, 10, 15; ὁ καπνός τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῶν the smoke of the fire by which they are tormented, Revelation 14:11. (4 Macc. 9:6; 11:2; (others); bad wine is called βασανισμός by Alexis in Athen. 1, 56, p. 30 f.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** βασανισμός , -οῦ , ὁ

(< βασανίζω ),

[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 9:6; 4 Maccabees 11:2*;]

torture, torment: Revelation 9:5; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 18:7; Revelation 18:10; Revelation 18:15 †

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

βασανισμον βασανισμόν βασανισμὸν βασανισμος βασανισμός βασανισμὸς βασανισμου βασανισμού βασανισμοῦ basanismon basanismòn basanismos basanismòs basanismou basanismoû