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Lexicon :: Strong's G929 - basanismos

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βασανισμός
Transliteration
basanismos (Key)
Pronunciation
bas-an-is-mos'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
6x in 3 unique form(s) TR
6x in 3 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

βασανισμός basanismós, bas-an-is-mos'; from G928; torture:—torment.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G929 in the following manner: torment (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G929 in the following manner: torment (6x).

  1. to torture, a testing by the 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. torment, torture

    1. the act of tormenting

    2. the state or condition of those tormented

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βασανισμός basanismós, bas-an-is-mos'; from G928; torture:—torment.
STRONGS G929:
βασανισμός, -οῦ, 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 κάπνος 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.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Revelation
9:5; 14:11; 18:7; 18:10; 18:15

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Strong's Number G929 matches the Greek βασανισμός (basanismos),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:5 - And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:11 - “And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:7 - “In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - “standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:15 - “The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
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