2001 Translation

BASANʼ, basanʼ

Sounds Like: bah-SAHN

Translations: torment, torture, pain, test, touchstone, a test, a torment

From the root: ΒΑΣΑΝΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word, ending with an apostrophe-like character (coronis), is an elided form of the noun ΒΑΣΑΝΟΣ (basanos). It refers to a touchstone used to test the purity of metals, and by extension, a test or trial. It also commonly denotes severe pain, torment, or torture, often used in a figurative sense for intense suffering or affliction. It can be used to describe both physical and mental anguish.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine (elided form of ΒΑΣΑΝΟΝ)

Strong’s number: G0931 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Jeremiah — 22:20

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
• 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
• 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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