ΒΑΣΑΝΟΝ, βασανον
BASANON, basanon
Sounds Like: bah-SAH-non
Translations: torture, torment, test, a test, a torment, a torture
From the root: ΒΑΣΑΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a test, a trial, or a severe examination, often involving physical or mental suffering. It can denote torture or torment, particularly as a means of extracting information or as a form of punishment. It is used to describe a state of intense distress or affliction.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G0931 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 10:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 7:8
- 4 Maccabees — 9:9
- Wisdom — 17:13
- Ezekiel — 3:20, 16:52, 16:54, 32:24, 32:30
- Enoch — 10:13, 22:11
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
- ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣ — torment, torture, vex, distress, examine, test, try
- 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
- 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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