Greek - English Dictionary
G931 - Torment
| Strong's No.: | G931 |
| Greek: | βάσανος |
| Transliteration: | basanos |
| Phonetic: | bas'-an-os |
| Word Origin: | Perhaps remotely from the same as G939 (through the notion of going to the bottom) |
| Bible Usage: | torment. |
| Part of Speech: | Noun Masculine |
| Strongs Definition: | a touch stone that is (by analogy) torture |
| Thayers Definition: | 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 a. of the pains of a disease b. of those in hell after death |
| Bible References:
Torment |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
torment ( 1 )
torments ( 2 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.