- Transliteration: Basanismos

- Phonetic: bas-an-is-mos'

- Definition:

1. to torture, a testing by the touchstone, which is a black siliceous stone used to test the purity of gold or silver by the colour of the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal

2. torment, torture

a. the act of tormenting

b. the state or condition of those tormented

- Origin: from G928" class="dictionary-topic-link">G928

- TDNT entry: 10:22,0

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From G928" class="dictionary-topic-link">G928; torture: - torment.