Strong’s G930 · Greek
βασανιστής
basanistḗs
Definition
a torturer
Etymology
from G928 (βασανίζω);
Word family
How the KJV renders it
- tormentor
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.