βασανιστής
basanistḗs
“a torturer”
1 occurrenceNew TestamentHapax Legomenon
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
a torturer
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. an inquisitor, tormentor; in NT a keeper of a prison, jailer, Mt. 18:34*
Translated in KJV as
tormentor
Etymology
from G928 (βασανίζω);
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