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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 931. βάσανος (basanos) -- Torment, Torture</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/931.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/luke/8-23.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/931.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 931</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/930.htm" title="930">◄</a> 931. basanos <a href="../greek/932.htm" title="932">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">basanos: Torment, Torture</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">βάσανος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>basanos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>BAH-sah-nos<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(bas'-an-os)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Torment, Torture<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>torture, torment, examination by torture.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the base of the Greek word "βάσανος," which originally referred to a touchstone used for testing the purity of metals.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of torment or affliction is "מַכְאוֹב" (mak'ob), which means pain or suffering.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "basanos" is used to describe severe suffering, torment, or torture. It often conveys the idea of intense pain or distress, whether physical or mental. The term is used in contexts that imply judgment or punishment, reflecting a state of severe affliction.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, a "basanos" was a touchstone used to test the authenticity of gold and other precious metals. Over time, the term evolved to describe a method of testing or proving something through trial or suffering. In the context of the New Testament, it is associated with the concept of divine judgment and the suffering of those who are separated from God.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 931</b> <i>básanos</i> – originally, a black, silicon-based stone used as "a touchstone" to <i>test</i> the purity of precious metals (like silver and gold). <a href="/greek/928.htm">See 928</a> (<i>basanízō</i>).</p><p class="discovery">[In the papyri, <i>basanos</i> also means, "touchstone," "test" (so P Oxy I. 58.25, <smallcaps>ad</smallcaps> 288).</p><p class="discovery">931 (<i>basanois</i>) was "originally (from oriental origin) a touchstone; a 'Lydian stone' used for testing gold because pure gold rubbed on it left a peculiar mark. Then it was used for examination by torture. Sickness was often regarded as 'torture' " (<i>WP</i>, 1, 37).] </p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of Oriental origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals), hence examination by torture, torture<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>pains (1), torment (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 931: βάσανος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">βάσανος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">βασάνου</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, p. 439); <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> <span class="accented">the touchstone</span> (called also <span class="accented">basanite,</span> Latin<span class="latin">lapis</span><span class="latin">Lydius</span>), by which gold and other metals are tested. <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> <span class="accented">the rack or instrument of torture by which one is forced to divulge the truth</span>. <p><span class="emphasized">c.</span> <span class="accented">torture, torment, acute pains</span>: used of the pains of disease, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/4-24.htm">Matthew 4:24</a>; of the torments of the wicked after death, <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">βασάνοις</span> <span class="greek2">ὑπάρχειν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/16-23.htm">Luke 16:23</a> (Wis. 3:1; 4 Macc. 13:14); hence, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">τόπος</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">βασάνου</span> is used of Gehenna, <a href="/interlinear/luke/16-28.htm">Luke 16:28</a>. (In Greek writings from (<span class="abbreviation">Theognis</span>), <span class="abbreviation">Pindar</span> down.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>torment. <p>Perhaps remotely from the same as <a href="/greek/939.htm">basis</a> (through the notion of going to the bottom); a touch-stone, i.e. (by analogy) torture -- torment. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/939.htm">basis</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>βασανοις βασάνοις βάσανον βάσανόν βάσανος βασανου βασάνου basanois basánois basanou basánou<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/4-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 4:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Plural">N-DFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">νόσοις καὶ <b>βασάνοις</b> συνεχομένους καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> diseases <span class="itali">and pains,</span> demoniacs,<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">torments,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/4-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> diseases and <span class="itali">pains</span> oppressed and<p><b><a href="/text/luke/16-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 16:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Plural">N-DFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὑπάρχων ἐν <b>βασάνοις</b> ὁρᾷ Ἀβραὰμ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> being <span class="itali">in torment,</span> and saw<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> being in <span class="itali">torments,</span> and seeth Abraham<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> being in <span class="itali">torment</span> he sees Abraham<p><b><a href="/text/luke/16-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 16:28</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τοῦτον τῆς <b>βασάνου</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to this place <span class="itali">of torment.'</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> this place <span class="itali">of torment.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> this <span class="itali">of torment</span><p><b><a href="/greek/931.htm">Strong's Greek 931</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_931.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/basanois_931.htm">βασάνοις — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/basanou_931.htm">βασάνου — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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