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GreekG0931Noun (Feminine)

βάσανος

basanos

3Occurrences
G0931Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a touch-stone, i.e. (by analogy) torture

perhaps remotely from the same as G939 (βάσις) (through the notion of going to the bottom);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.prop., touchstone, a dark stone used in testing metals.
2.examination by torture.
3.torment, torture
LXX: chiefly for כְּלִמָּה,אָשָׁם, and frequently in 4Mac

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

βάσανος appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
2
Matthew
1

Key Passages

Luke 16:23BSB

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

Luke 16:28BSB

for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

Matthew 4:24BSB

News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.