βασανισμός
basanismos · torment
Greek word · Strong’s number G929 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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basanismos (βασανισμός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “torment”.
Severe pain or anguish; also the act of tormenting.
How to say it
ba·sa·nis·mos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Very great suffering without relief.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
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Where it appears
- Revelation 9:5
And it was granted to them not to kill them, but to torment them for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person.
- Revelation 14:11
And the smoke of their torment goes up to the ages of the ages, and they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”
- Revelation 18:7
As much as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so much torment and grief give her. Because in her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen, and I am not a widow, and I will never see grief.’
- Revelation 18:10
standing far off for fear of her torment, saying, “Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.”
- Revelation 18:15
The merchants of these things, who grew rich from her, will stand far off for fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
And 1 more times.