Strong's Number G930

βασανιστής

basanistes · bas-an-is-tace'

Transliteration:

basanistes{bas-an-is-tace'}

Word Origin:

from 928

TDNT:

1:561,96

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

a torturer

Usage in the KJV:

tormentor 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

one who elicits the truth by the use of the rack
1. an inquisitor, torturer also used of a jailer doubtless because the business of torturing was also assigned to him