2001 Translation

BASANISTHŌSIN, basanisthōsin

Sounds Like: bah-sah-nee-STHOH-sin

Translations: let them be tormented, let them be tortured, let them be tested, let them be examined

From the root: ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word describes the act of being subjected to torment, torture, or severe testing. It implies a process of intense suffering or scrutiny. In this form, it is a command or an exhortation for a group of people to undergo such an experience.

Inflection: Third Person Plural, Aorist, Passive, Imperative

Strong’s number: G0928 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Shepherd of Hermas — 15:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 7:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΩ.

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.

• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΕΙ — he will torment, he will torture, he will vex, he will test, he will examine
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖ — to torment, to torture, to vex, to trouble, to examine, to test
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΕ — torment, torture, examine, test, distress, vex, harass
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΕΙ — to torment, to torture, to vex, to distress, to test, to examine
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΕΙΝ — to torment, to torture, to examine by torture, to test, to distress, to vex, to afflict
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΕΙΣ — you torment, you torture, you vex, you distress, you test, you examine
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to torment, to torture, to vex, to distress, to test, to examine
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΕΤΑΙ — is tormented, is tortured, is vexed, is distressed, is tested, is examined
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΗ — you are tormented, you are tortured, you are distressed, you are vexed, you are examined
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΑΙ — being tormented, being tortured, being distressed, being vexed, being harassed
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΗ — being tormented, being distressed, being tortured, tormented, distressed, tortured
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being tormented, being tortured, being distressed, being examined, being tested
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those being tormented, (to) those being afflicted, (to) those being vexed
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΝ — being tormented, being tortured, being distressed, being vexed, being tried, being tested
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ — being tormented, suffering, being tested, being tortured, being vexed
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΥ — of being tormented, of being tortured, of being vexed, of being distressed, of being examined
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — being tormented, being distressed, being tortured, being vexed, being tested
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΩ — to the one being tormented, to the one being tortured, to the one being tested, to the one being vexed, to the one being harassed
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of those being tormented, of those being tortured, of those being vexed, of those being distressed
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΝΤΑΙ — are tormented, are tortured, are vexed, are troubled, are tested
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ — tormenting, torturing, vexing, those tormenting, those torturing, those vexing
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΝΤΩΝ — of those tormenting, of those torturing, of those vexing, of those examining by torture
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΩ — to torment, to torture, to vex, to distress, to test, to examine, to afflict, to trouble
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΩΝ — tormenting, torturing, testing, distressing, vexing, examining, afflicting, one who torments
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΑΙ — to torment, to torture, to test, to vex, to distress, to examine
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΑΝΤΑ — having tormented, having tortured, having examined, having tested, having vexed, having distressed
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΑΝΤΑΣ — having tormented, having tortured, having examined, having vexed, having distressed
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΑΣ — having tormented, having tortured, having examined, having tested, having distressed
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΕΙ — he will torment, he will torture, he will vex, he will test, he will examine
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΗΣ — torment, torture, vex, harass, test, examine
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΘΕΙΣ — having been tormented, having been tortured, having been tested, having been afflicted
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΘΕΝΤΑΣ — having been tormented, having been tortured, having been examined, having been tested
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΘΕΝΤΙ — (to) having been tormented, (to) having been tortured, (to) having been vexed, (to) having been distressed
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΘΗ — was tormented, was tortured, was vexed, was distressed, was examined
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be tormented, to be tortured, to be vexed, to be examined, to be tested
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will be tormented, she will be tormented, it will be tormented, he will be tortured, she will be tortured, it will be tortured
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be tormented, they will be tortured, they will be vexed
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΟΝ — torment, torture, test, examine, vex, distress
• ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΩΝ — tormenting, torturing, vexing, testing, examining, afflicting, distressing, suffering torment
• ΒΕΒΑΣΑΝΙΚΕΝΑΙ — to have tormented, to have tortured, to have vexed, to have distressed, to have examined by torture
• ἘΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΕ — he was tormenting, he was torturing, he was examining by torture, he was vexing, he was harassing
• ἘΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΕΝ — he was tormenting, he was torturing, he was vexing, he was examining by torture, he was testing, he was harassing
• ἘΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΕΤΟ — was tormented, was tortured, was distressed, was vexed, was examined by torture
• ἘΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΝ — they tormented, they tortured, they vexed, they distressed
• ἘΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΝΤΟ — they were tormented, they were tortured, they were distressed, they were vexed
• ἘΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΑΝ — they tormented, they tortured, they vexed, they afflicted
• ἘΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΑΣ — you tormented, you tortured, you vexed, you tested
• ἘΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΕΝ — he tormented, he tortured, he vexed, he distressed
• ἘΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were tormented, they were tortured, they were distressed, they were vexed
• ΕΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΕΤΟ — he was tormented, she was tormented, it was tormented, he was tortured, she was tortured, it was tortured, he was distressed, she was distressed, it was distressed
• ΕΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΑΝ — they tormented, they tortured, they vexed, they distressed, they examined by torture, they tested
• ΕΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΑΣ — you tormented, you tortured, you examined, you vexed, you distressed, you tested
• ΕΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were tormented, they were tortured, they were distressed, they were vexed
• ΠΡΟΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being tormented beforehand, being tortured beforehand, being examined beforehand
• ΠΡΟΒΕΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΜΕΝΩΝ — of those previously tortured, of those previously examined, of those previously tested, of those previously tormented

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