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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #930 - βασανιστής
Transliteration
basanistḗs
Phonetics
bas-an-is-tace'
Origin
from (G928)
Parts of Speech
TDNT
1:561,96
Definition
- Thayer
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Thayer's
- one who elicits the truth by the use of the rack
- an inquisitor, torturer also used of a jailer doubtless because the business of torturing was also assigned to him
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results
KJV (1)
Matthew
1
NAS (1)
Matthew
1
HCS (1)
Matthew
1
BSB (1)
Matthew
1
ESV (1)
Matthew
1
WEB (1)
Matthew
1
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.
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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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.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
βασανισταις βασανισταίς βασανισταῖς basanistais basanistaîs