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Lexicon :: Strong's G930 - basanistēs

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βασανιστής
Transliteration
basanistēs (Key)
Pronunciation
bas-an-is-tace'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:561,96

Strong’s Definitions

βασανιστής basanistḗs, bas-an-is-tace'; from G928; a torturer:—tormentor.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G930 in the following manner: tormentor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G930 in the following manner: tormentor (1x).
  1. one who elicits the truth by the use of the rack

    1. an inquisitor, torturer also used of a jailer doubtless because the business of torturing was also assigned to him

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βασανιστής basanistḗs, bas-an-is-tace'; from G928; a torturer:—tormentor.
STRONGS G930:
βασανιστής, -οῦ, , (βασανίζω), one who elicits the truth by the use of the rack, an inquisitor, torturer, ([Antiphon, others]; Demosthenes, p. 978, 11; Philo in Flacc. § 11 end; [de concupisc. § 1; quod omn. prob. book 16; Plutarch, an vitios. ad infel. suff. § 2]); used in Matthew 18:34 of a jailer (δεσμοφύλαξ Acts 16:23), doubtless because the business of torturing was also assigned to him.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
18:34
Acts
16:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G930 matches the Greek βασανιστής (basanistēs),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:34 - καὶ ὀργισθεὶς κύριος αὐτοῦ παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν τοῖς βασανισταῖς G930 ἕως οὗ ἀποδῷ πᾶν τὸ ὀφειλόμενον
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