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βάσανος

Transliteration: basanos · noun

3x in NTFirst: Matt 4:24
Meaningtorture, torment
Part of speechnoun
Frequency3x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsβασάνοις, βασάνου
Example versesMatt 4:24 · Luke 16:23 · Luke 16:28
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What kind of word is βάσανος?

βάσανος (basanos) is a noun that occurs 3 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “torture, torment” and first appears in Matt 4:24.

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