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a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals), hence examination by torture, torture Original Word: βάσανοςTransliteration: basanos Phonetic Spelling: (bas'-an-os) Short Definition: torment
of Oriental origin Definition a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals), hence examination by torture, torture NASB Word Usage pains (1), torment (2). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Perhaps remotely from the same as basis (through the notion of going to the bottom); a touch-stone, i.e. (by analogy) torture -- torment. see GREEK basis βασάνοις (basanois) − 2 Occurrences βασάνου (basanou) − 1 Occurrence
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