Strong's G928 βασανίζω (basanizo)

And the people of Ashdod rose early, and entered into the house of Dagon; and looked, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the Lord: and they lifted up Dagon, and set him in his place. And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Ashdodians, and he plagued them, and he smote them in their secret parts, Ashdod and her coasts.

And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.

(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Punish them that oppress us, and with pride do us wrong.

Now when this man was dead also, they tormented and mangled the fourth in like manner.

but abide a while, and behold his great power, how he will torment thee and thy seed.

and that most justly: for he had tormented other men’s bowels with many and strange torments.

But Eleazar, the high-minded and truly noble, as one tortured in a dream, regarded it not at all.

and like a noble athlete, the old man, when struck, vanquished his torturers.

His countenance sweating, and he panting for breath, he was admired by the very torturers for his courage.

The tyrant having given this charge, seven brethren were brought into his presence, along with their aged mother, handsome, and modest, and wellborn, and altogether comely.

For they were well aware of the sufferings, and masters of the pains. So that as soon as the tyrant had ceased counseling them to eat the unclean, they altogether with one voice, as from the same heart, said:

Make the attempt, then, O tyrant; and if thou puttest us to death for our religion, think not that thou harmest us by torturing us.

And when, on inquiring whether he would eat before he was tortured, they heard his noble sentiment,

Thinkest thou not, most cruel of all tyrants, that thou art now tortured more than I, finding thy overweening conception of tyranny conquered by our patience in behalf of our religion?

But thou art tortured with threatenings for impiety; and thou shalt not escape, most corrupt tyrant, the vengeance of Divine wrath.

So that if thou think proper to torment us for not eating the unclean—torment!

And he, while tormented, said, O period good and holy, in which, for the sake of religion, we brothers have been called to the contest of pain, and have not been conquered.

Thou seest the end of the madness of thy brethren: for they have died in torture through disobedience; and you, if disobedient, having been miserably tormented, will yourself perish prematurely.

Wert thou not ashamed, man as thou art, yet most savage, to cut out the tongues of men of like feeling and origin, and having thus abused to torture them?

And yet, although nature and intercourse and virtuous morals increased their brotherly love, those who were left endured to behold their brethren, who were ill-used for their religion, tortured even unto death.

With what and what manner of torments was the mother herself tortured, as her sons were undergoing the wheel and the fires!

And not so fierce were the lions round Daniel, nor the furnace of Mishael burning with most vehement fire, as that natural love of children burned within her, when she beheld her seven sons tortured.

For when thou wast seized along with thy children, thou stoodest looking upon Eleazar in torments, and saidst to thy sons in the Hebrew tongue,

For when they were tried, albeit but in mercy chastised, They knew how the ungodly were judged in wrath and tormented, Thirsting in another manner than the just.

Wherefore, whereas men have lived dissolutely and unrighteously, Thou hast tormented them with their own abominations.

Therefore by the like were they punished worthily, And by the multitude of beasts tormented.

For it was requisite, that upon them exercising tyranny should come penury, which they could not avoid: But to these it should only be shown how their enemies were tormented.

For at the first she will walk with him by crooked ways, And bring fear and dread upon him, And torment him with her discipline, Until she may trust his soul, And try him by her laws.