What does βάσανος (básanos) mean in the Bible?
βάσανος (básanos): Torment arising from testing or trial, originally denoting examination by torture to extract truth.
Greek · G931
βάσανος
βάσανος (básanos): Torment arising from testing or trial, originally denoting examination by torture to extract truth.
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βάσανοςG931
Pronunciationbásanos
What does βάσανος (básanos) mean in the Bible?
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G931?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include acute pain (1), of torment (1), torment (1).
Where does βάσανος (básanos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 4:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itacute pain1×Matthew 4:24
of torment1×Luke 16:28
torment1×Luke 16:23
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 4:24
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Matthew1Luke2
Source forms
βασάνοις2xbasanoisMatthew 4:24, Luke 16:23
βασάνου1xbasanouLuke 16:28
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural2xMatthew 4:24, Luke 16:23
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xLuke 16:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Torment arising from testing or trial, originally denoting examination by torture to extract truth.
Strong'sG931
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkMatthew 4:24Source Gloss
torment
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 4:24Noun Dative Plural Feminine
βασάνοιςbasanoiv
torture, torment
Read verseLuke 16:23Noun Dative Plural Feminine
βασάνοις,basanoiv
torture, torment
Read verseLuke 16:28Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βασάνου.basanou
torture, torment
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternDative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineLuke 16:281×
Dative · Plural · FeminineMatt 4:24 · Luke 16:232×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Physical and mental afflictions or diseases requiring healing
Intense suffering in the afterlife as punishment for earthly wickedness
Eternal agony and pain experienced in a place of judgment
Word Origins
βάσανος is built from this root:
βάσιςG939
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