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basanos G931

βάσανος (basanos) means “torment” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

βάσανος Greek · G931 3 tagged occurrences in 3 verses

Pronunciation guide: bas'-an-os Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0931

βάσανος · basanos · torment

βάσανος, -ου, ὁ (of Oriental origin), [in LXX chiefly for כְּלִמָּה ,אָשָׁם, and frequently in 4Mac ;] 1. prop., touchstone, a dark stone used in testing metals. 2. examination by torture. 3. torment, torture: Mat.4:24, Luk.15:23, 28. † (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

torture, torment, examination by torture.

John Jeffrey Dodson · CC0

How translators render G931

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
acute pain 1
of torment 1
torment 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
torments 2
of torment 1

Verses containing G931

Page 1 of 1. 3 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 4:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and He healed them.

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  2. Luke 16:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

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  3. Luke 16:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

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Sources and text

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