basanistes <930>
basanisthv basanistes
| Pronunciation | : | bas-an-is-tace' |
| Origin | : | from 928 |
| Reference | : | TDNT - 1:561,96 |
| PrtSpch | : | n m (noun masculine) |
| In Greek | : | basanistaiv 1 |
| In NET | : | prison guards to torture 1 |
| In AV | : | tormentor 1 |
| Count | : | 1 |
| Definition | : |
1) one who elicits the truth by the use of the rack 1a) an inquisitor, torturer also used of a jailer doubtless because the business of torturing was also assigned to him from 928; a torturer: KJV -- tormentor. see GREEK for 928 |
| Related Hebrew | : | - |
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