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Koine Greek wordlink #4728

SR GNT Mat 8:29 βασανίσαι (basanisai) ‘here before the time to torment us’ Strongs=9280 Lemma=basanizō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active

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Only use of identical word form βασανίσαι (V-NAA....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘βασανίσαι’ (V-NAA....) is always and only glossed as ‘to torment’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘basanizō’ have 7 different glosses: ‘being tormented’, ‘to torment’, ‘was tormenting’, ‘he will_be_being tormented’, ‘they will_be_being tormented’, ‘you may torment’, ‘tormented’.

Greek words (9) other than βασανίσαι (V-NAA....) with a gloss related to ‘torment’

MARK 5:7 βασανίσῃς (basanisaʸs) V-SAA2..S ‘by god not me you may torment’ SR GNT Mark 5:7 word 25

LUKE 8:28 βασανίσῃς (basanisaʸs) V-SAA2..S ‘of you not me you may torment’ SR GNT Luke 8:28 word 29

LUKE 16:28 βασάνου (basanou) N-GFS Lemma=basanos ‘to place this of torment’ SR GNT Luke 16:28 word 19

REV 9:5 βασανισμὸς (basanismos) N-NMS Lemma=basanismos ‘five and the torment of them is like torment’ SR GNT Rev 9:5 word 17

REV 9:5 βασανισμὸς (basanismos) N-NMS Lemma=basanismos ‘torment of them is like torment of a scorpion whenever it may strike’ SR GNT Rev 9:5 word 20

REV 14:11 βασανισμοῦ (basanismou) N-GMS Lemma=basanismos ‘the smoke of the torment of them to the ages’ SR GNT Rev 14:11 word 5

REV 18:7 βασανισμὸν (basanismon) N-AMS Lemma=basanismos ‘so_much give to her torment and mourning because’ SR GNT Rev 18:7 word 11

REV 18:10 βασανισμοῦ (basanismou) N-GMS Lemma=basanismos ‘the fear of the torment of her saying woe’ SR GNT Rev 18:10 word 8

REV 18:15 βασανισμοῦ (basanismou) N-GMS Lemma=basanismos ‘the fear of the torment of her weeping and’ SR GNT Rev 18:15 word 15

Key: N=noun V=verb AMS=accusative,masculine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular GMS=genitive,masculine,singular NAA....=infinitive,aorist,active NMS=nominative,masculine,singular SAA2..S=subjunctive,aorist,active,2nd person singular