- Original: βασανισμός
- Transliteration: Basanismos
- Phonetic: bas-an-is-mos'
- Definition:
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
a. the act of tormenting
b. the state or condition of those tormented
- Origin: from
G928
- TDNT entry: 10:22,0
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine
- Strong's: From
G928 ; torture: - torment.
Total KJV Occurrences: 6
• torment, 6
Revelation 9:5(2);
Revelation 14:11;
Revelation 18:7;
Revelation 18:10;
Revelation 18:15