Word Study · Strong's G928 · Greek
βασανίζω
basanizo
bas-an-id'-zo
Strong's 1890 spelling: basanízō
“to torture”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to torture
Rendered in the KJV as
pain, toil, torment, toss, vex.
- 12occurrencesin the New Testament
- 5 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- βασανίσῃς.2
- βασανισθήσονται2
- βασανιζομένη1
- βασανιζόμενον1
- βασανιζόμενος.1
- βασανιζομένους1
- βασανίσαι1
- βασανισθήσεται1
- ἐβασάνιζεν·1
- ἐβασάνισαν1
How it is rendered · 12
- being in pain1
- being tormented.1
- being tossed1
- he will be tormented1
- may torment.1
- straining1
- they will be tormented1
- they will torment [them]1
- to torment1
- tormented1
- was tormented;1
- You may torment!1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular2
- verb · future passive, statement · 3rd person plural2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · future passive, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine plural1
- verb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
- verb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
- verb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAS-2S · 2
- V-FPI-3P · 2
- V-AAI-3P · 1
- V-AAN · 1
- V-FPI-3S · 1
- V-IAI-3S · 1
- V-PPP-APM · 1
- V-PPP-NSF · 1
- V-PPP-NSM · 1
- V-PPP-NSN · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew3 occurrences
- Matthew 8:6βασανιζόμενος.basanizomenosverb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”here: being tormented.
- Matthew 8:29βασανίσαιbasanisaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”here: to torment
- Matthew 14:24βασανιζόμενονbasanizomenonverb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · neuter singularbut the boat was already far from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.here: being tossed
Mark2 occurrences
- Mark 5:7βασανίσῃς.basanisēsverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 2nd person singularAnd he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”here: may torment.
- Mark 6:48βασανιζομένουςbasanizomenousverb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine pluralHe could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,here: straining
Revelation5 occurrences
- Revelation 9:5βασανισθήσονταιbasanisthēsontaiverb · future passive, statement · 3rd person pluralThe locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.here: they will torment [them]
- Revelation 11:10ἐβασάνισανebasanisanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralAnd those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.here: tormented
- Revelation 12:2βασανιζομένηbasanizomenēverb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · feminine singularShe was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.here: being in pain
- Revelation 14:10βασανισθήσεταιbasanisthēsetaiverb · future passive, statement · 3rd person singularhe too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.here: he will be tormented
- Revelation 20:10βασανισθήσονταιbasanisthēsontaiverb · future passive, statement · 3rd person pluralAnd the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.here: they will be tormented