The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

βάσανος

Lemmaβάσανος
Citation formβάσανος, ου, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glosstorture, torment
Strong’sG0931
Transliterationbásanos
Definitiona touch-stone, i.e. (by analogy) torture
KJV glosses:--torment.
Derivationperhaps remotely from the same as (through the notion of going to the bottom)
SBLGNT occurrences3

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
βασάνοις
noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-)Matthew 4:24
noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-)Luke 16:23
βασάνου
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Luke 16:28

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: βασανος.