G930 Basanistes: tormentor, torturer

<p>"In the NT básanoi means “pains” in <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Mt+4%3A24">Matt. 4:24</a> and “torments” (of hell) in <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Lk+16%3A23">Luke 16:23</a>. basanízein means “to plague, torment” in <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Mt+8%3A6">Matt. 8:6</a> (the servant) and <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Mt+8%3A29">Matt. 8:29</a> (the demons). The boat is “battered” by the waves in <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Mt+14%3A24">Matt. 14:24</a>. The reference in <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Rev+12%3A2">Rev. 12:2</a> is to “birth pangs.” Lot’s “torment” at the sight of wickedness is the point in <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=2Pe+2%3A8">2 Pet. 2:8</a>. basanismós occurs only in Revelation, and is actively the “torment” that comes on the race in <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Rev+9%3A5">9:5</a> and passively the “suffering” of Babylon in <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Rev+18%3A7">18:7ff</a>. basanistḗs is used in <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Mt+18%3A34">Matt. 18:34</a>, not for “tester,” but for “tormentor.” "

Theological Dictionary of the New Testament: Abridged in One Volume.</p>