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Lexicon :: Strong's G931 - basanos

Aa
βάσανος
Transliteration
basanos (Key)
Pronunciation
bas'-an-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps remotely from the same as βάσις (G939) (through the notion of going to the bottom)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
11x in 4 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:561,96

Strong’s Definitions

βάσανος básanos, bas'-an-os; perhaps remotely from the same as G939 (through the notion of going to the bottom); a touch-stone, i.e. (by analogy) torture:—torment.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G931 in the following manner: torment (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G931 in the following manner: torment (3x).

  1. a touchstone, which is a black siliceous stone used to test the purity of gold or silver by the colour of the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal

  2. the rack or instrument of torture by which one is forced to divulge the truth

  3. torture, torment, acute pains

    1. of the pains of a disease

    2. of those in hell after death

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βάσανος básanos, bas'-an-os; perhaps remotely from the same as G939 (through the notion of going to the bottom); a touch-stone, i.e. (by analogy) torture:—torment.
STRONGS G931:
βάσανος, -ου, ἡ, [Curtius, p. 439];
a. the touchstone [called also basanite, Latin lapis Lydius], 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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:24
Luke
16:23; 16:28

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G931 matches the Greek βάσανος (basanos),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:24 - And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:23 - And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:28 - For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.
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