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Lexicon :: Strong's G931 - basanos

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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 11 times in 11 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3 - And they said, If ye send away the ark of the covenant of the Lord God of Israel, do not on any account send it away empty, but by all means render to it an offering for the plague; and then shall ye be healed, and an atonement shall be made for you: should not his hand be thus stayed from off you?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:4 - And they say, What is the offering for the plague which we shall return to it? and they said,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:8 - And ye shall take the ark and put it on the waggon; and ye shall restore to it the golden articles for the trespass-offering in a [fn]coffer by the side of it: and ye shall let it go, and send it away, and ye shall depart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:17 - And these are the golden emerods which the lords of the Philistines gave as a trespass-offering to the Lord; for Azotus one, for Gaza one, for Ascalon one, for Geth one, for Accaron one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:20 - And when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits a trespass, and I shall bring punishment before him, he shall die, because thou didst not warn him: he shall even die in his sins, because his righteousness shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:19 - Their silver shall be cast forth in the streets, and their gold shall be despised: their souls shall not be satisfied, and their bellies shall not be filled: for it was the punishment of their iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:18 - Son of man, eat thy bread with sorrow, and drink thy water with torment and affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52 - Thou therefore bear thy punishment, for that thou hast corrupted thy sisters by thy sins which thou hast committed beyond them; and thou hast made them appear more righteous than thyself: thou therefore be ashamed, and bear thy dishonour, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:54

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:54 - that thou mayest bear thy punishment, and be dishonoured for all that thou hast done in provoking me to anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24 - There is Ælam and all his host round about his tomb: all the slain that fell by the sword, and the uncircumcised that go down to the deep of the earth, who caused their fear to be upon the land of the living: and they have received their punishment with them that go down to the pit,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30 - There are the princes of the north, even all the captains of Assur, who go down slain to Hades: they lie uncircumcised among the slain with the sword together with their terror and their strength, and they have received their punishment with them that go down to the pit.
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