ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣ, βασανις
BASANIS, basanis
Sounds Like: bah-sah-NEE-son
Translations: torment, torture, vex, distress, examine, test, try
From the root: ΒΑΣΑΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the verb 'βασανίζω' (basanizo), meaning to torment or put to the test. It describes the act of inflicting pain, distress, or severe examination upon someone or something. It can refer to physical torture, mental anguish, or a rigorous trial.
Inflection: Second Aorist, Active, Imperative, Singular
Strong’s number: G0928 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΑΣΑΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΣΑΝΟΝ — torment, torture, pain, distress, a torment, a torture
- ΑΣΑΝΟΣ — torment, torture, pain, distress, a torment, a torture
- ΒΑΣΑΝʼ — torment, torture, pain, test, touchstone, a test, a torment
- ΒΑΣΑΝΕΙΤΙΣ — tormentor, female tormentor, torturer, female torturer
- ΒΑΣΑΝΗΝ — torment, torture, pain, distress, a torment, a torture, a pain, a distress
- ΒΑΣΑΝΙ — (to) torment, (to) torture, (to) suffering, (to) pain, (to) distress, (to) anguish, (to) test, (to) examination, (to) touchstone
- ΒΑΣΑΝΙΤΕΙΔΙ — (to) a small touchstone, (to) a small test, (to) a small torture
- ΒΑΣΑΝΙΤΙΔΙ — to touchstone, to touchstone-like, to testing, to testing-like, to tormenting, to tormenting-like
- ΒΑΣΑΝΙΤΙΣ — Basanitis, of Basan, of Bashan
- ΒΑΣΑΝΟΙ — torments, tortures, pains, trials, tests, examinations
- ΒΑΣΑΝΟΙΣ — torments, tortures, pains, tests, trials
- ΒΑΣΑΝΟΝ — torture, torment, test, a test, a torment, a torture
- ΒΑΣΑΝΟΝΗ — torture, torment, a torment, pain, a pain, test, a test, touchstone, a touchstone
- ΒΑΣΑΝΟΣ — torment, a torment, torture, a torture, pain, a pain, distress, a distress, test, a test, touchstone, a touchstone
- ΒΑΣΑΝΟΥ — of torture, of torment, of a test, of a touchstone
- ΒΑΣΑΝΟΥΣ — torments, tortures, pains, trials, tests
- ΒΑΣΑΝΩ — torment, torture, test, examination, touchstone, (to) torment, (to) torture, (to) test, (to) examine
- ΒΑΣΑΝΩΝ — of torment, of torture, of trial, of examination, of the touchstone
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