| Strongs | Word | Description |
| G931 | βάσανος | basanos (bas'-an-os) n. 1. a touchstone used to test the purity of gold 2. (generally) a test to prove the genuineness of a thing 3. (figuratively) an instrument used in questioning by which one is compelled to divulge the truth 4. (by analogy) torture [perhaps remotely from baino "to walk", through the notion of going to the bottom] KJV: torment See also: G939 |