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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #930 - βασανιστής

Transliteration

basanistḗs

Phonetics

bas-an-is-tace'

Origin

from (G928)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

1:561,96

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

one who elicits the truth by the use of the rack
1. an inquisitor, torturer also used of a jailer doubtless because the business of torturing was also assigned to him

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Matthew 1

BSB (1)

Matthew 1

CSB (1)

Matthew 1

ESV (1)

Matthew 1

KJV (1)

Matthew 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

Matthew 1

N95 (1)

Matthew 1

NAS (1)

Matthew 1

NLT (1)

Matthew 2

WEB (1)

Matthew 1

YLT (1)

Matthew 1

ASV (1)

to the tormentors 1

BSB (1)

jailers to be tortured 1

CSB (1)

the jailers 1

ESV (1)

jailers 1

KJV (1)

tormentors 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

torturers 1

N95 (1)

torturers 1

NAS (1)

torturers 1

NLT (1)

tortured 1

WEB (1)

to the tormentors 1

YLT (1)

inquisitors 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-DPM 1

ANT

N-DPM 1

BEZ

N-DPM 1

BGB

N-DPM 1

BMT

N-DPM 1

BYZ

N-DPM 1

ELZ

N-DPM 1

NA26

N-DPM 1

SBL

N-DPM 1

SCV

N-DPM 1

STV

N-DPM 1

TIS

N-DPM 1

TRG

N-DPM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

βασανιστηìς

From G928

Thayer's Expanded Definition

βασανιστής, βασανιστου, ὁ (βασανίζω), one who elicits the truth by the use of the rack, an inquisitor, torturer, ((Antiphon, others); Demosthenes, p. 978, 11; Philo in Flacc. § 11 end; (de concupisc. § 1; quod omn. prob. book 16; Plutarch, an vitios. ad infel. suff. § 2)); used in Matthew 18:34 of a jailer (δεσμοφύλαξ Acts 16:23), doubtless because the business of torturing was also assigned to him.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* βασανιστής , -οῦ , ὁ

(< βασανίζω ), prop.,

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

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

βασανισταις βασανισταίς βασανισταῖς basanistais basanistaîs