King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Torment
CategoryArchaic Word / Theological Term
Modern Equivalentsevere pain or anguish; a place or state of great suffering.
KJV Word TypeNoun / Verb
DefinitionExtreme physical or mental pain; the anguish of punishment. In the KJV it describes the suffering of those in hell (the rich man is "in torments"), demonic fear of judgment ("torment us before the time"), and the torment of the ungodly in the lake of fire.
Key Verses"And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom." (Luke 16:23)