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τόπον τοῦτον τῆς βασάνου

Place · torment

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τόπος G5117 place
Pronunciation tópos
A specific portion of space viewed as occupied or appropriated to something definite.
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βάσανος G931 torment
Pronunciation básanos
Torment arising from testing or trial, originally denoting examination by torture to extract truth.
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What does τόπον τοῦτον τῆς βασάνου (topon touton tēs basanou) mean in the Bible?

τόπος · βάσανος is a Greek word meaning "this place of torment".

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Meaning

this place of torment
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:15 · Matt 27:33 · Mark 6:11 · Mark 6:35 · Mark 15:22 · Mark 16:6 · Luke 2:7 · Luke 14:22 · John 4:20 · John 19:20 · Acts 4:31 · Acts 7:33 · Acts 7:49 · Heb 8:7 · Rev 12:8 · Rev 20:11 16×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:35 · Luke 6:17 · Luke 22:40 · John 6:23 · Acts 6:13 · Acts 21:28 · Rev 2:5 7×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 12:43 · Luke 11:24 · Rev 6:14 3×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 24:15 · Luke 9:12 · Luke 11:1 · John 5:13 · John 6:10 · John 11:6 · John 11:30 · John 19:41 · Acts 7:7 · Rom 9:26 · 1 Cor 1:2 · 2 Cor 2:14 · 1 Thess 1:8 · 1 Tim 2:8 · 2 Pet 1:19 15×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Mark 1:45 · Acts 16:3 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:13 · Matt 26:52 · Matt 27:33 · Matt 28:6 · Mark 1:35 · Mark 6:31 · Mark 6:32 · Mark 15:22 · Luke 4:17 · Luke 4:37 · Luke 4:42 · Luke 10:1 · Luke 10:32 · Luke 14:9 · Luke 14:10 · Luke 16:28 46×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 24:7 · Mark 13:8 · Luke 21:11 · Acts 27:2 · Acts 27:29 5×
94 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 14 — The Way, the Truth, and the Life, the Father Revealed in the Son, and the Promise of the Spirit John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son Luke 16 — Faithful Stewardship, the Danger of Wealth, and the Finality of Judgment Mark 16 — He Has Risen: The Empty Tomb, the Angelic Announcement, Galilee Promise, and Trembling Witness Mark 6 — Rejected Prophet, Sending Lord, Wilderness Shepherd, and Divine Son on the Sea Matthew 12 — The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief Matthew 14 — The Death of John, the Compassion of Jesus, and the Son of God over Bread, Sea, and Fear Matthew 24 — The Olivet Discourse: Temple Desolation, Coming Judgment, the Son of Man, and Watchful Readiness

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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