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ΒΑΣΑΝΟΥΣ, βασανους
BASANOUS, basanous
Sounds Like: bah-SAH-noos
Translations: torments, tortures, pains, trials, tests
From the root: ΒΑΣΑΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to severe pain, torment, or torture, often inflicted as a test or punishment. It can also refer to the means by which such pain is inflicted, like a touchstone used to test metals. In a broader sense, it can mean a trial or test of character. It is used in sentences to describe suffering or the instruments of suffering.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0931 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:12
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 17:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
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
- 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
- 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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