Basanizō βασανίζω

Basanizō (Greek βασανίζω, Strong's G928) is a Greek verb meaning “to torture: torture”. It occurs 12 times in 12 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

G0928G: to torture: torture

G0928H: to torture: anguish

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Basanizō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 8:6
  And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”
• Matthew 8:29
  And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
• Matthew 14:24
  But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.but the boat was already far from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

Mark

• Mark 5:7
  And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
• Mark 6:48
  And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,

Luke

• Luke 8:28
  When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 2:8
  (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

Revelation

• Revelation 9:5
  And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.
• Revelation 11:10
  And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
• Revelation 12:2
  And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.
• Revelation 14:10
  The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
• Revelation 20:10
  And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).