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βασανισμός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. torture, torment
Strong's Definition
torture
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | βασανίζω
24.90 · Sensory Events and States · Pain, Suffering
torment, severe pain, severe suffering severe pain associated with torture and torment A strictly literal translation of ὁ καπνὸς τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῶν may be seriously misleading, for it might imply that it is the smoke which causes the suffering, but it is clearly the fire which torments them (as indicated in REV 14:10). Therefore, ir may be necessary to translate ‘and the smoke of the fire that torments them.’
REV 9:5 · REV 9:5 · REV 14:11 · REV 18:7 · REV 18:10 · REV 18:15
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βασανισμός, -οῦ, ὁ, (βασανίζω, q- V-) ; 1. a testing by the touchstone or by torture. 2. torment, torture; a. the act of tormenting: Rev. ix. 5. b. the state or condition of those tormented: Rev. xviii. 7,10,15; ὁ κάπνος τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῶν the smoke of the fire by which they are tormented, Rev. xiv.11. (4 Mace. ix. 6; xi. 2; [al.]; bad wine is called βασανισμός by Alexis in Athen. 1, 56 p- 80£.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βασανισμός basanismos 6x
pr. examination by torture; torment, torture, Rev. 9:5; 14:11; 18:7, 10, 15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** βασανισμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< βασανίζω), [in LXX: IV Mac 9:6 11:2*;]
torture, torment: Re 9:5 14:11 18:7, 10, 15.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βασανισμός (basanismos) — torment. βᾰσᾰν-ισμός, ὁ, torture: ὁ γὰρ Κορίνθιος (i.e. οἶνος) β. ἐστι [NT+2nd c.AD+]