noun · masculine

basanistos

Greekβασανιστής (basanistēs)

Strong’sG930

one who tortures, a tormentor, jailor

stem basanist-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

jailers1×

What it means

* βασανιστής, -οῦ, ὁ

(< βασανίζω),

prop., a torturer; used of a gaoler, Mt 18:34.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G930 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbas-an-is-tace'

a torturer

Fromfrom G928;

King Jamestormentor.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	basanistos	basanistois
object accusative	basaniston	basanistoin
direct address vocative	basanistor	basanistoir
of, belonging to genitive	basanistou	basanistoiu
to, for dative	basanisto	basanistoi1×βασανισταῖς

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

basaniststem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

basanisto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

basanistoi“jailers”to, fordative plural1×

Matthew 18:34“jailers”kai orgiziratos tos kurios autou paradōata auton toi basanistoi heōs hou apodōateia pantem tem ofeilirōtem.In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.