6 occurrences

'Torture' in the Bible

Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me." But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.

Verse ConceptsDespair, Description OfHope, Results Of Its AbsenceSuicideUncircumcisionAnxiety, Examples OfMaking FunApproval To Kill OneselfAbuse

Saul told his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me." But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

Verse ConceptsSwordsUncircumcisionAnxiety, Examples Of

Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Babylonians. The Babylonians might hand me over to them and they will torture me."

Verse ConceptsJews, TheFear Of ManFearing Other PeopleTurning Against Men

And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him until he repaid all he owed.

Verse ConceptsTortureJudicial PunishmentSettling AccountsDebtAnger And Forgiveness

The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyPoisonTortureFive Months And MoreScorpionsSnakebitesTroubling Groups Of Peoplebugs

Bible Theasaurus

Agony (28 instances)
Anguish (103 instances)
Distortion (1 instance)
Rack (1 instance)
Straining (4 instances)
Torment (33 instances)

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τυμπανίζω 
Tumpanizo 
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