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
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)