noun · feminine
basanas
Greekβάσανος (basanos)
Strong’sG931
torture, torment
stem basan-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
βάσανος, -ου, ὁ (of Oriental origin),
[in LXX chiefly for כְּלִמָּה,אָשָׁם, and freq. in IV Mac;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G931 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbas'-an-os
a touch-stone, i.e. (by analogy) torture
Fromperhaps remotely from the same as G939 (through the notion of going to the bottom);
King Jamestorment.
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 | basanas | basanais |
| object accusative | basanan | basanain |
| direct address vocative | basanar | basanair |
| of, belonging to genitive | basanau1×βασάνου | basanaiu |
| to, for dative | basana | basanai2×βασάνοις |
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
basana 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
basanau“torment”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 16:28“torment”echamō gar pente adelfoin, hopōs diamartureteiō autoi, hina mē kai autois erchaleia eis ton topon houton tau basanau.for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
basanai“pains”to, fordative plural2×
Matthew 4:24“pains”kai aperchata tas akoas autou eis holan tan Surian; kai prosferala auto pantoin toin kakōs echarōtoin poikilai nosai kai basanai sunechirōtoin, daimonizerōtoin kai selēniazerōtoin kai paralutikoin, kai therapeuata autoin.News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and He healed them.
Luke 16:23“torment”kai en to hado epairaratos toin ofthalmoin autou, huparcharōtos en basanai, horatō Abraam apo makrothen kai Lazaron en toi kolpoi autou.In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.