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)
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G931 — βάσανος
basanos · torment · Greek
3 tagged verse occurrences
Matthew 4:24 · βασάνοιςAnd the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.Luke 16:23 · βασάνοιςAnd in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.Luke 16:28 · βασάνου.¶for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.