basanistes <930>
basanisthv basanistes
| Pronunciation: | bas-an-is-tace' |
| Origin: | from 928 |
| Reference: | TDNT - 1:561,96 |
| PrtSpch: | n m |
| 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:-tormentor. see GREEK for 928 |
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