Greek verb · G928
βασανίζω
basanizobas-an-id'-zo
prop.; to examine by torture
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: basanízō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G928is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 10spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G928
to torture
The King James renders it: pain, toil, torment, toss, vex.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
basanizo is rendered "prop.; to examine by torture". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Five of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "prop.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:6“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”
Matthew 8:6βασανιζόμενος
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's twelve uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: prop., and to examine by torture.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| prop.to rub on the touchstone, put to the test. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 8:6“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.” |
| to examine by torturehence, generally, to torture, torment, distress | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 8:6“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.” |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| βασανισμός | basanismos | torment | Uses6 |
| βάσανος | basanos | torment | Uses3 |
| βασανιστής | basanistes | torturer | Uses1 |
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- βασανίσῃς2
- βασανισθήσονται2
- βασανιζομένη1
- βασανιζόμενον1
- βασανιζόμενος1
- βασανιζομένους1
- βασανίσαι1
- βασανισθήσεται1
- ἐβασάνιζεν1
- ἐβασάνισαν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular2V-AAS-2S
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-FPI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FPI-3S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IAI-3S
- verb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-PPP-APM
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1V-PPP-NSF
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PPP-NSM
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1V-PPP-NSN
Matthew
three uses
“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”
- βασανιζόμενοςbasanizomenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being tormented
“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
- βασανίσαιbasanisaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to torment
but the boat was already far from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
- βασανιζόμενονbasanizomenonverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: being tossed
Mark
two uses
And 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!”
- βασανίσῃςbasanisesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: may torment
He 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,
- βασανιζομένουςbasanizomenousverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: straining
Luke
one use
When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”
- βασανίσῃςbasanisesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: You may torment
2 Peter
one use
(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
- ἐβασάνιζενebasanizenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was tormented
Revelation
five uses
The 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.
- βασανισθήσονταιbasanisthesontaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will torment
And 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.
- ἐβασάνισανebasanisanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: tormented
She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.
- βασανιζομένηbasanizomeneverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: being in pain
he 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.
- βασανισθήσεταιbasanisthesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will be tormented
And 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.
- βασανισθήσονταιbasanisthesontaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will be tormented
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.