basanizō · torment

What it means

basanizō (βασανίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “torment”.

Cause pain; be battered, as a boat by the waves.

How to say it

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

1. To make someone suffer greatly.
2. To toss hard, like waves a boat.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• torment ×4
• tormented ×4
• agony ×1
• battered ×1
• straining ×1
• was tormenting ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×2
• Luke×1
• 2 Peter×1
• Revelation×5

• Matthew 8:6

  and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, terribly tormented.”

• Matthew 8:29

  And look, they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with you, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

• Matthew 14:24

  But the boat was already many stadia away from the land, battered by the waves, for the wind was against it.

• Mark 5:7

  and crying out with a loud voice, he says, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!”

• Mark 6:48

  And seeing them straining at the rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them, walking on the sea; and he meant to pass by them.

• Luke 8:28

  And when he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.”

• 2 Peter 2:8

  (for by what he saw and heard, that righteous man, living among them, was tormenting his righteous soul day after day with their lawless deeds);

• 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 11:10

  And those who live on the earth rejoice over them and celebrate, and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who live on the earth.

• Revelation 12:2

  and she was pregnant, and she cries out in labor pains and in agony to give birth.

• Revelation 14:10

  he too will drink of the wine of the fury of God, which is mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur before holy angels and before the Lamb.

• Revelation 20:10

  And the Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet also are, and they will be tormented day and night to the ages of the ages.