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
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Matthew 4:24 · βασάνοιςThe report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.Luke 16:23 · βασάνοιςIn Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.Luke 16:28 · βασάνου.¶for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’