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 · βασάνοιςand his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them.Luke 16:23 · βασάνοιςand in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,Luke 16:28 · βασάνου.¶for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.