G929

βασανισμός

basanismos

Masculine noun · From βασανίζω (G928)

From G928; torture:—torment.

Outline

to torture, a testing by the touchstone, which is a black siliceous stone used to test the purity of gold or silver by the colour of the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal
torment, torture

the act of tormenting
the state or condition of those tormented

Usages

Revelation 9:5

And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

Breakdown

five months Five years: 28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918 (Armistice) - 28 June 1919 (Treaty of Versailles). 1914-1919. torment of a scorpion Referring to the tail gun.

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Revelation 14:11

And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

Breakdown

The image represents the image of the Roman Empire e.g. its laws, legislation, architecture, etc (1 Maccabees 8:13-16). The Roman Empire has been reincarnated today as America.

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