Dictionaries :: Torment (Noun and Verb)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Torment (Noun and Verb):

akin to basanizo (see TOIL, No. 2), is used of Divine judgments in Rev 9:5; 14:11; 18:7, 10, 15.

Torment (Noun and Verb):

primarily "a touchstone," employed in testing metals, hence, "torment," is used

(a) of physical diseases, Mat 4:24;

(b) of a condition of retribution in Hades Luk 16:23, 28.

Note: In 1Jo 4:18, AV, kolasis, "punishment" (RV), is rendered "torment."
See PUNISHMENT, No. 3.

Torment (Noun and Verb):

for which see TOIL, No. 2, is translated "to torment,"

(a) of sickness, Mat 8:6;

(b) of the doom of evil spirits, Mar 5:7; Luk 8:28;

(c) of retributive judgments upon impenitent mankind at the close of this age, Rev 9:5; 11:10;

(d) upon those who worship the Beast and his image and receive the mark of his name, Rev 14:10;

(e) of the doom of Satan and his agents, Rev 20:10.

Torment (Noun and Verb):

"to treat evilly," in the Passive Voice is translated "tormented" in Hbr 11:37, AV (RV, "evil entreated").
See SUFFER, No. 6.

Torment (Noun and Verb):

for which see ANGUISH, B, No. 3, in the Passive Voice is rendered "I am (thou art) tormented" in Luk 16:24, 25, AV.