929. basanismos

Berean Strong's Lexicon

basanismos: Torment, Torture

Original Word: βασανισμός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: basanismos
Pronunciation: bah-sah-nis-MOS
Phonetic Spelling: (bas-an-is-mos')
Definition: Torment, Torture
Meaning: torture, torment.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb βασανίζω (basanizō), meaning "to torture" or "to torment."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of torment or distress is יָסַר (yasar), which means to discipline, chasten, or punish.

Usage: The term "basanismos" refers to severe suffering, distress, or torment. In the New Testament, it is often used in the context of divine judgment or punishment, particularly in eschatological settings. It conveys the idea of intense and prolonged suffering, often associated with the consequences of sin and rebellion against God.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, the concept of "basanismos" was associated with the use of a "basanos," a touchstone used to test the purity of metals. Metaphorically, it came to represent a means of testing or proving something through trial or suffering. In the biblical context, it is used to describe the severe judgment and punishment that awaits the wicked, particularly in the apocalyptic literature of the New Testament.

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Cognate: 929 basanismóstorment (vexation) – tortuous; subjective agony that corresponds to an objective basis – i.e. as the "torment-rack" proves (reveals) the real "state of affairs" (cf. TDNT 1:561f). See 928 (basanizō).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from basanizó
Definition
torture
NASB Translation
torment (6).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 929: βασανισμός

βασανισμός, βασανισμοῦ, ὁ (βασανίζω, which see);

1. a testing by the touchstone or by torture.

2. torment, torture;

a. the act of tormenting: Revelation 9:5.

b. the state or condition of those tormented: Revelation 18:7, 10, 15; ὁ καπνός τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῶν the smoke of the fire by which they are tormented, Revelation 14:11. (4 Macc. 9:6; 11:2; (others); bad wine is called βασανισμός by Alexis in Athen. 1, 56, p. 30 f.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

torment.

From basanizo; torture -- torment.

see GREEK basanizo

Forms and Transliterations

βασανισμον βασανισμόν βασανισμὸν βασανισμος βασανισμός βασανισμὸς βασανισμου βασανισμού βασανισμοῦ basanismon basanismòn basanismos basanismòs basanismou basanismoû

Englishman's Concordance

Revelation 9:5 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ βασανισμὸς αὐτῶν ὡς
NAS: months; and their torment was like
KJV: and their torment [was] as the torment
INT: and the torment of them as [the]

Revelation 9:5 N-NMS
GRK: αὐτῶν ὡς βασανισμὸς σκορπίου ὅταν
NAS: was like the torment of a scorpion
KJV: [was] as the torment of a scorpion,
INT: of them as [the] torment of a scorpion when

Revelation 14:11 N-GMS
GRK: καπνὸς τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῶν εἰς
NAS: And the smoke of their torment goes
KJV: of their torment ascendeth up
INT: smoke of the torment of them to

Revelation 18:7 N-AMS
GRK: δότε αὐτῇ βασανισμὸν καὶ πένθος
NAS: give her torment and mourning;
KJV: so much torment and
INT: give to her torment and mourning

Revelation 18:10 N-GMS
GRK: φόβον τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῆς λέγοντες
NAS: of the fear of her torment, saying,
KJV: the fear of her torment, saying, Alas,
INT: fear of the torment of her saying

Revelation 18:15 N-GMS
GRK: φόβον τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῆς κλαίοντες
NAS: of the fear of her torment, weeping
KJV: the fear of her torment, weeping and
INT: fear of the torment of her weeping

Strong's Greek 929
6 Occurrences

βασανισμὸν — 1 Occ.
βασανισμὸς — 2 Occ.
βασανισμοῦ — 3 Occ.