King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G931
Transliteration: basanos
Phonetic Spelling: (bas'-an-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals), examination by torture, torture
Meaning: a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals), examination by torture, torture
βάσανος, βασάνου, ἡ (Curtius, p. 439);
Word Summary
basanos: a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals), examination by torture, torture
Original Word: βάσανοςTransliteration: basanos
Phonetic Spelling: (bas'-an-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals), examination by torture, torture
Meaning: a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals), examination by torture, torture
Strong's Concordance
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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 931: βάσανοςβάσανος, 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, Matthew 4:24; of the torments of the wicked after death, ἐν βασάνοις ὑπάρχειν, Luke 16:23 (Wis. 3:1; 4 Macc. 13:14); hence, ὁ τόπος τῆς βασάνου is used of Gehenna, Luke 16:28. (In Greek writings from (Theognis), Pindar down.)