βασανίζω basanizō

Greek word for “to torture” · Strong’s G928 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

βασανίζω; (βάσανος); 1.

Senses in the lexicon

• to torture: torture (8)
• to torture: anguish (4)

How it is translated

Glosses given for basanizō in context, with how often each is used:

• tormented 2
• will be tormented 2
• torment 1
• may torment 1
• may torment! 1
• will torment 1
• being tormented 1
• being tossed 1
• straining 1
• being in pain 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 8 (2), Matthew 14 (1), Mark 5 (1), Mark 6 (1), Luke 8 (1), 2 Peter 2 (1), Revelation 9 (1), Revelation 11 (1), Revelation 12 (1), Revelation 14 (1)

Forms

• βασανίσῃς 2
• βασανισθήσονται 2
• βασανίσαι 1
• ἐβασάνιζεν 1
• ἐβασάνισαν 1
• βασανισθήσεται 1
• βασανιζόμενος 1
• βασανιζόμενον 1
• βασανιζομένους 1
• βασανιζομένη 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with basanizō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• κράζω krazō “to cry” 3
• θεῖον theion “sulfur” 2
• ἐναντίος enantios “hostile” 2
• ὕψιστος hupsistos “Highest” 2
• ἄνεμος anemos “wind” 2
• νύξ nux “night” 2
• πῦρ pur “fire” 2
• υἱός uhios “son” 3
• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 2
• φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 2
• γῆ gē “earth” 2
• μέγας megas “great” 2

Key verses

The verses using basanizō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 8:6 — And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
• Matthew 8:29 — And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
• Matthew 14:24 — But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
• Mark 5:7 — And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
• Mark 6:48 — And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and…
• Luke 8:28 — When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech…
• 2 Peter 2:8 — (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
• Revelation 9:5 — And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion,…
• Revelation 11:10 — And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that…
• Revelation 12:2 — And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
• Revelation 14:10 — The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire…
• Revelation 20:10 — And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.