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G931Greek

βάσανος

Definition and meaning

basanos (bas'-an-os) n. 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 [perhaps remotely from baino "to walk", through the notion of going to the bottom] KJV: torment See also: G939

Tagged KJV passages

3 matching verses - 3.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Matthew 4:24

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.

Matched English: tormentsLuke 16:23

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Matched English: tormentsLuke 16:28

For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

Matched English: torment