torment

Greek Noun Female

βάσανος, -ου, ὁ (of Oriental origin), [in LXX chiefly for כְּלִמָּה,אָשָׁם, and frequently in 4Mac;] 1) prop, touchstone, a dark stone used in testing metals. 2) examination by torture. 3) torment, torture: Mat.4:24, Luk.15:23, 28. (AS)

torment

Greek Noun Female

βᾰσᾰν-ος, ἡ, touchstone, on which pure gold leaves a yellow streak, ἐς βάσανον δ᾽ ἐλθὼν παρατρίβομαι ὥστε μολύβδῳ χρυσός [Refs 6th c.BC+] II) the use of this as a test, χρυσὸς ἐν β. πρέπει [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, test, trial of genuineness, οὐκ ἔστιν μείζων β. χρόνου [[Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς β. εἶ χερῶν wilt come to a trial of strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [νόσου] ἔσχ᾽ ἐπὶ σοὶ βάσανον had experienced it in you, i. e. you had had it first, [Refs]; βάσανον ὑποκείσονται will be subjected to a test, of candidates, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] III) inquiry by torture, ἐς πᾶσαν β. ἀπικνέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially at Athens, used to extort evidence from slaves, εἰς β. δέχεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, confession upon torture, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III.2) agony of battle, ἡ κατὰ τὸ ἔργον β. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; tortures of disease, [NT+2nd c.AD+]; torments of hell,[NT] III.3) trespass-offering, [LXX]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a touch-stone, i.e. (by analogy) torture; torment; perhaps remotely from the same as g939 (βάσις) (through the notion of going to the bottom)