Words the Bible translates as torment
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- basanosβάσανοςtorment: severe, consciously felt suffering, whether the agony of disease or the punishment of the dead
- basanizōβασανίζωto torment or be tormented; to inflict or undergo severe suffering in body, mind, or under judgment
- kolasisκόλασιςpunishment: the penalty imposed on a wrongdoer, and above all the sentence God hands down at judgment
- ba'atבָּעַתto overwhelm with sudden terror: to fall upon a person with dread that seizes from outside
- odunaōὀδυνάωto be in intense pain or anguish, whether of body or of heart
- tsuqצוּקto press hard on someone until there is no room left: to hem in, harass, or wear down by relentless pressure
- basanismosβασανισμόςtormentnot studied yet
- yagahיָגָהto cause someone grief: to lay sorrow on a person, or to be the one bowed under sorrow that someone else has laid on them
- kakoucheōκακουχέωto tormentnot studied yet
- ma'atsevahמַעֲצֵבָהtormentnot studied yet
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