Matthew 8:29:16Matt.8.29.W16PAT
βασανίσαι
basanisai
“to torment”
- Transliteration
- ba-sa-NI-sai
- Extended
- ba-sa-NI-sai
- IPA
- /ba.saˈni.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to torment
- French
- tourmenter
- Spanish
- atormentar
- Portuguese
- atormentar
- German
- zu quälen
- Russian
- мучить
- Arabic-Simplified
- تعذيب
- Hindi
- पीड़ा देना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 折磨
- Korean
- 괴롭히다
- Indonesian
- menyiksa
- Bengali
- যন্ত্রণা দিতে
- Tagalog
- pahirapan
- Swahili
- kutesa
- Amharic
- ማሰቃየት
- Yoruba
- yọ wọn yaw
- Igbo
- ịta ahụhụ
- Twi
- yọ wɔn yaw
- Ewe
- tɔ nu
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
βα + σα + νί + σαι
↓
ba + sa + ni + sai
↓
basanisai
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 | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-sa-NI-sai
- sentence
ÊL-thes HÔ-de PRO kai-ROO ba-sa-NI-sai hê-MAS
In context — Matthew 8:29
and behold they cried out saying what to us and to you O son of {the} God have you come here before the time to torment us
About this coordinate
Matthew 8:29:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Matthew 8:29, so the Greek word βασανίσαι (basanisai) 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 Matt.8.29.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.8.29.W16.S1) and character.