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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:5 - they were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:11 - And the smoke of their torment goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name."

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:7 - As she glorified herself and played the wanton, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning. Since in her heart she says, 'A queen I sit, I am no widow, mourning I shall never see,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - they will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, "Alas! alas! thou great city, thou mighty city, Babylon! In one hour has thy judgment come."

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:15 - The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,
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