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GREEK

βασανιστής G930

basanistḗs

Definition

a torturer

Derivation

from G928 (βασανίζω);

King James Version Usage

tormentor

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Attribution

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, via Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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