GREEK · G929
βασανισμός
basanismos — torment
βασανισμός, -οῦ, ὁ (βασανίζω), [in LXX: 4Ma.9:6 11:2 * ;] torture, torment: Rev.9:5 14:11 18:7, 10, 15.† (AS)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Torment
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G931
βάσανος
basanos — torment
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)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4620
מַעֲצֵבָה
ma.a.tse.vah — torment
1) place of pain, place of grief 2) (TWOT) terror
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G928
βασανίζω
basanizō — to torture: torture
βασανίζω (βάσανος), [in LXX: 1Ki.5:3, Sir.4:17, and frequently in Wi, II, 4Mac ;] 1. prop., to rub on the touchstone, put to the test. 2. to examine by torture, hence, generally, to torture, torment, distress: Mat.8:6, 29 14:24, Mrk.5:7 6:48, Luk.8:28, 2Pe.2:8, Rev.9:5 11:10 12:2 14:10 20:10. † (AS)
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3600
ὀδυνάω
odunaō — be anguished
ὀδυνάω, -ῶ (ὀδύνη), [in LXX: Zec.9:5 (חוּל), Zec.12:10 (מָרַר hi.), La 1:13 (דָּוֶה), Wis.14:24, al. ;] to cause pain or suffering; pass. and mid., to suffer pain, be tormented or greatly distressed: Luk.2:48 16:24-25 (ὀδυνᾶσαι, see M, Pr., 53 f.); before ἐπί, Act.20:38.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2558
κακουχέω
kakoucheō — to torment
κακουχέω, -ῶ (κακόν, ἔχω), [in LXX: 3Ki.2:26 11:39 (עָנָה pi., hith.)* ;] to ill-treat, hurt, torment: pass. ptcp., Heb.11:37 13:3.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8437
תּוֹלָל
to.lal — tormentor
1) tormentor, plunderer 1a) meaning doubtful
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Gr. basanos (Matt. 4:24), the “touch-stone” of justice; hence inquisition by torture, and then any disease which racks and tortures the limbs.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.