βασανισμόςbasanismós

torture, torment: Revelation 9:5, Revelation 14:11, Revelation 18:7, Revelation 18:10, Revelation 18:15.

Greek (New Testament) · G929

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Revelation 9:5 They were told not to kill them but to torture them for five months with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting.
  • Revelation 14:11 The smoke of their torment will rise forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.”
  • Revelation 18:7 She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with torment and sorrow. She boasted in her heart, ‘I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow, and I have no reason to mourn.’
  • Revelation 18:10 They will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will cry out, “How terrible, how terrible for you, O Babylon, you great city! In a single moment God’s judgment came on you.”
  • Revelation 18:15 The merchants who became wealthy by selling her these things will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will weep and cry out,
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.