Strong's Lexicon
G931 — βάσανος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G931 |
|---|---|
| Word: | βάσανος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | perhaps remotely from baino "to walk", through the notion of going to the bottom |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | basanos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bas'-an-os |
| Meaning: | 1. a touchstone used to test the purity of gold 2. (generally) a test to prove the genuineness of a thing 3. (figuratively) an instrument used in questioning by which one is compelled to divulge the truth 4. (by analogy) torture |
| KJV Renderings: | torment |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βάσανος, βασάνου, ἡ (Curtius, p. 439);
a. the touchstone (called also basanite, LatinlapisLydius), by which gold and other metals are tested.
b. the rack or instrument of torture by which one is forced to divulge the truth.
c. torture, torment, acute pains: used of the pains of disease, Mat 4:24; of the torments of the wicked after death, ἐν βασάνοις ὑπάρχειν, Luk 16:23 (Wis 3:1; 4Ma 13:14); hence, ὁ τόπος τῆς βασάνου is used of Gehenna, Luk 16:28. (In Greek writings from (Theognis), Pindar down.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βάσανος (torment)
Matthew 4:24
- KJV: And his fame went throughout all Syria and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments and those which were possessed with devils and those which were lunatick and those that had the palsy and he healed them
- GK: και απήλθεν η ακοή αυτού εις όλην την Συρίαν και προσήνεγκαν αυτώ πάντας τους κακώς έχοντας ποικίλαις νόσοις και βασάνοις συνεχομένους και δαιμονιζομένους και σεληνιαζομένους και παραλυτικούς και εθεράπευσεν αυτούς
Luke 16:23
- KJV: And in hell he lift up his eyes being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom
- GK: και εν τω άδη επάρας τους οφθαλμούς αυτού υπάρχων εν βασάνοις ορά τον Αβραάμ από μακρόθεν και Λάζαρον εν τοις κόλποις αυτού
Luke 16:28
- KJV: For I have five brethren that he may testify unto them lest they also come into this place of torment
- GK: έχω γαρ πέντε αδελφούς όπως διαμαρτύρηται αυτοίς ίνα μη και αυτοί έλθωσιν εις τον τόπον τούτον της βασάνου