Strong's G931 · Greek

βάσανος

basanos · bas'-an-os

perhaps remotely from the same as 939 (through the notion of going to the bottom); a touch-stone, i.e. (by analogy) torture

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

βάσανος (G931)

3 βάσανος , -ου, ὁ (of Oriental origin), [in LXX chiefly for כְּלִמָּה ,אָשָׁם , and freq. in IV Mac ;] prop., touchstone , a dark stone used in testing metals. examination by torture . torment , torture : Mt 4:24 , Lk 15:23 , 28 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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