King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G930
Transliteration: basanistēs
Phonetic Spelling: (bas-an-is-tace')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a torturer
Meaning: a torturer
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.
Word Summary
basanistēs: a torturer
Original Word: βασανιστήςTransliteration: basanistēs
Phonetic Spelling: (bas-an-is-tace')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a torturer
Meaning: a torturer
Strong's Concordance
tormentor. From basanizo; a torturer -- tormentor.
see GREEK basanizo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 930: βασανιστήςβασανιστής, 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.