Revelation 18:10:8Rev.18.10.W8TAB
βασανισμοῦ
basanismou
“torment”
- Transliteration
- ba-sa-nis-MOU
- Extended
- bah-sah-nihs-MOO
- IPA
- /ba.sa.nisˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- torment
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ba-sa-nis-MOU
- sentence
a-PO ma-KRO-then he-stê-KO-tes di-A ton PHO-bon tou ba-sa-nis-MOU au-TÊS LE-gon-tes ou-AI ou-AI hê PO-lis hê me-GA-lê Ba-by-LÔN hê PO-lis hê is-khy-RA HO-ti mi-AI HÔ-ra ÊL-then hê KRI-sis sou
Exegesis
The causal phrase dia ton phobon tou basanismou autes {διὰ τὸν φόβον τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῆς | diá tón phóbon toû basanismoû autês} ‘because of the fear of her torment’ employs the accusative phobon and a genitive of source in basanismoû to indicate terror produced by her suffering.
Root and etymology
basanizobeta–alpha–sigma–alpha–nu–iota–zeta–omega
“to torment, test by torture”
In context — Revelation 18:10
They stood far away because they feared her torment , and they said, “Alas, alas, Babylon the great, the mighty city, because in one hour your judgment has come.”
About this coordinate
Revelation 18:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 18:10, so the Greek word βασανισμοῦ (basanismou) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rev.18.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.10.W8.S1) and character.