Lexical Summary basanismos: torture Original Word: βασανισμόςTransliteration: basanismos Phonetic Spelling: (bas-an-is-mos') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: torture Meaning: torture Strong's Concordance torment. From basanizo; torture -- torment. see GREEK basanizo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 929: βασανισμόςβασανισμός, 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.) |
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