Original: βασανιστής

Transliteration: basanistḗs

Phonetic: bas-an-is-tace'

Short Definition: Tormentor

- Original: βασανιστής

- Transliteration: Basanistes

- Phonetic: bas-an-is-tace'

- Definition:

1. one who elicits the truth by the use of the rack

a. an inquisitor, torturer also used of a jailer doubtless because the business of torturing was also assigned to him

- Origin: from G928

- TDNT entry: 10:22,0

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From G928; a torturer: - tormentor.

Cognate: G928, G929, G931