Strong's Number G929

βασανισμός

basanismos · bas-an-is-mos'

Transliteration:

basanismos{bas-an-is-mos'}

Word Origin:

from 928

TDNT:

1:561,96

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

torture

Usage in the KJV:

torment 6

Total: 6
Occurs 6 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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
torment, torture
1. the act of tormenting
2. the state or condition of those tormented