βασανισμός

βασανισμός — basanismós

βασανισμός, βασανισμοῦ, ὁ (βασανίζω, which see);

1. a testing by the touchstone or by torture.

2. torment, torture;

a. the act of tormenting: Rev 9:5.

b. the state or condition of those tormented: Rev 18:7; Rev 18:10; Rev 18:15; ὁ καπνός τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῶν the smoke of the fire by which they are tormented, Rev 14:11. (4Ma 9:6; 4Ma 11:2; (others); bad wine is called βασανισμός by Alexis in Athen. 1, 56, p. 30 f.)