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0931 – βάσανος (basanos)

torment


Type:
Noun
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Greek: βάσανος (basanos)
Pronunciation: bas-an-os    Listen
Gematria: 330(2 + 1 + 200 + 1 + 50 + 70 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin: Perhaps remotely from the same as G0939 (through the notion of going to the bottom)
Usage: 3 times in NT

Description

  1. A touchstone, which is a black siliceous stone used to test the purity of gold or silver by the colour of the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal.
  2. The rack or instrument of torture by which one is forced to divulge the truth.
  3. Torture, torment, acute pains.
    1. Of the pains of a disease.
    2. Of those in hell after death.


Word root

Word with basanos as root:

βασανίζωbasanizoG0928torment

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into basanos :

אָשָׁםashamH0817guilt (offering)
כְּלִמָּהklimahH3639shame
מִכְשׁוֹלmichsholH4383stumbling
רׇגְזָהrogzahH7269quivering

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
dative pl. ♀ dative plural feminine
N-DPF-2
Noun Noun
gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine
N-GSF-1


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Usage in NT


1
2
Total    3

References (3 occurances in 3 verses)




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