basanos: a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals), hence examination by torture, torture Original Word: βάσανος, ου, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: basanos
Phonetic Spelling: (bas'-an-os)
Short Definition: torture, torment
Definition: torture, torment, examination by torture.
Cognate: 931 básanos – originally, a black, silicon-based stone used as "a touchstone" to test the purity of precious metals (like silver and gold). See 928 (basanízō). [In the papyri, basanos also means, "touchstone," "test" (so P Oxy I. 58.25, ad 288). 931 (basanois) was "originally (from oriental origin) a touchstone; a 'Lydian stone' used for testing gold because pure gold rubbed on it left a peculiar mark. Then it was used for examination by torture. Sickness was often regarded as 'torture' " (WP, 1, 37).] Word Origin
of Oriental origin
Definition
a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals), hence examination by torture, torture
NASB Word Usage
pains (1), torment (2).NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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All rights reserved Lockman.org torment. Perhaps remotely from the same as basis (through the notion of going to the bottom); a touch-stone, i.e. (by analogy) torture -- torment. see GREEK basis
βασανιζομένη — 1 Occ.
βασανιζόμενον — 1 Occ.
βασανιζόμενος — 1 Occ.
βασανιζομένους — 1 Occ.
ἐβασάνισαν — 1 Occ.
ἐβασάνιζεν — 1 Occ.
βασανισμὸν — 1 Occ.
βασανισμὸς — 2 Occ.
βασανισμοῦ — 3 Occ.
βασανισταῖς — 1 Occ.
βασάνου — 1 Occ.
βασιλεία — 77 Occ.
βασιλείαν — 61 Occ.
βασιλείας — 25 Occ.
βασιλείοις — 1 Occ.
βασίλειον — 1 Occ.
βασιλέα — 15 Occ.
βασιλεῖ — 6 Occ.
βασιλεῖς — 16 Occ.
βασιλέων — 11 Occ.
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