What does τόπος · βάσανος mean in the Bible?
τόπος · βάσανος is a Greek phrase meaning "this place of torment".
Greek · G5117, G931
τόπον τοῦτον τῆς βασάνου
Place · torment
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τόπος G5117 place
Pronunciation tópos
A specific portion of space viewed as occupied or appropriated to something definite.
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βάσανος G931 torment
Pronunciation básanos
Torment arising from testing or trial, originally denoting examination by torture to extract truth.
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What does τόπον τοῦτον τῆς βασάνου (topon touton tēs basanou) mean in the Bible?
τόπος · βάσανος is a Greek phrase meaning "this place of torment".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5117, G931?
G5117, G931 is connected to 94 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. this place of torment
Source Gloss
this place of torment
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 7 Aligned forms 94 Case pattern Accusative (51) Number pattern Singular (84)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:15 · Matt 27:33 · Mark 6:11 · Mark 6:35 · Mark 15:22 · Mark 16:6 · Luke 2:7 · Luke 14:22 · John 4:20 · John 19:20 · Acts 4:31 · Acts 7:33 · Acts 7:49 · Heb 8:7 · Rev 12:8 · Rev 20:11 16×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:35 · Luke 6:17 · Luke 22:40 · John 6:23 · Acts 6:13 · Acts 21:28 · Rev 2:5 7×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 12:43 · Luke 11:24 · Rev 6:14 3×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 24:15 · Luke 9:12 · Luke 11:1 · John 5:13 · John 6:10 · John 11:6 · John 11:30 · John 19:41 · Acts 7:7 · Rom 9:26 · 1 Cor 1:2 · 2 Cor 2:14 · 1 Thess 1:8 · 1 Tim 2:8 · 2 Pet 1:19 15×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Mark 1:45 · Acts 16:3 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:13 · Matt 26:52 · Matt 27:33 · Matt 28:6 · Mark 1:35 · Mark 6:31 · Mark 6:32 · Mark 15:22 · Luke 4:17 · Luke 4:37 · Luke 4:42 · Luke 10:1 · Luke 10:32 · Luke 14:9 · Luke 14:10 · Luke 16:28 46×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 24:7 · Mark 13:8 · Luke 21:11 · Acts 27:2 · Acts 27:29 5×
Word Origins
τόπον τοῦτον τῆς βασάνου is a primary word - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain