Basanos

bas'-an-os
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Basanos Definition

  1. a 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
  2. the rack or instrument of torture by which one is forced to divulge the truth
  3. torture, torment, acute pains
    1. of the pains of a disease
    2. of those in hell after death
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
bavsanoß
Origin
perhaps remotely from the same as (939) (through the notion of going to the bottom)
Strong's Number
931
TDNT Entry
1:561,96

KJV Word Usage

torment
3
Total
3

KJV Verse Count

1
2
Total
3
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Basanos". "The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon". . .