Lexicon basanizó: to torture Original Word: βασανίζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: basanizó Phonetic Spelling: (bas-an-id'-zo) Short Definition: I torment, torture, buffet Definition: I examine, as by torture; I torment; I buffet, as of waves. HELPS word-Studies 928 basanízō (from 931 /básanos, "a tormenting trial") – properly, to examine (literally by using torture). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom basanosDefinitionto torture NASB Translationbattered (1), felt...tormented (1), pain (1), straining (1), torment (4), tormented (4).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 928: βασανίζωβασανίζω: (imperfect ἐβασάνιζον); 1 aorist ἐβασανισα; passive (present βασανίζομαι); 1 aorist ἐβασανίσθην; 1 future βασανισθήσομαι; ( βάσανος); 1. properly, to test (metals) by the touchstone. 2. to question by applying torture. 3. to torture (2 Macc. 7:13); hence, 4. universally, to vex with grievous pains (of body or mind), to torment: τινα, Matthew 8:29; Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28; 2 Peter 2:8; Revelation 11:10; passively, Matthew 8:6; Revelation 9:5; Revelation 20:10; of the pains of childbirth, Revelation 12:2 (cf. Anthol. 2, p. 205, Jacobs edition); with ἐν and the dative of the material in which one is tormented, Revelation 14:10. 5. Passive to be harassed, distressed; of those who at sea are struggling with a head wind, Mark 6:48; of a ship tossed by the waves, Matthew 14:24. (In Greek writings from Herodotus down. Often in O. T. Apocrypha.)
Strong's pain, toil, torment From basanos; to torture -- pain, toil, torment, toss, vex. see GREEK basanos |
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