STRONGS G929:
βασανισμός,
-οῦ,
ὁ, (
βασανίζω, which see);
1. a testing by the touchstone or
by torture.
2. torment, torture;
a. the act of tormenting:
Revelation 9:5.
b. the state or condition of those tormented:
Revelation 18:7,
10,
15;
ὁ κάπνος τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῶν the smoke of the fire by which they are tormented,
Revelation 14:11. (4 Macc. 9:6; 11:2; [others]; bad wine is called
βασανισμός by Alexis in
Athen. 1, 56, p. 30 f.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Revelation
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9:5; 14:11; 18:7; 18:10; 18:15