The Greek word basanisthesontai (βασανισθήσονται) means "they will be tormented/tortured" (future passive indicative, 3rd person plural). It comes from the root verb basanizo (βασανίζω), meaning "to torment, torture, or vex". It is notably used in the book of Revelation (e.g., 9:5, 20:10) to describe the future suffering of evil forces.
Death is defeated when one is ressurrected.
928. basanizó ►
Lexical Summary
basanizó: To torment, to torture, to vex, to distress
928 basanízō (from 931 /básanos, "a tormenting trial") – properly, to examine (literally by using torture).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 928: βασανίζω
βασανίζω: (imperfect ἐβασάνιζον); 1 aorist ἐβασανισα; passive (present βασανίζομαι); 1 aorist ἐβασανίσθην; 1 future βασανισθήσομαι; (βάσανος);
1. properly, to test (metals) by the touchstone.
2. to question by applying torture.
3. to torture (2 Macc. 7:13); hence,
4. universally, to vex with grievous pains (of body or mind), to torment: τινα, Matthew 8:29; Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28; 2 Peter 2:8; Revelation 11:10; passively, Matthew 8:6; Revelation 9:5; Revelation 20:10; of the pains of childbirth, Revelation 12:2 (cf. Anthol. 2, p. 205, Jacobs edition); with ἐν and the dative of the material in which one is tormented, Revelation 14:10.
5. Passive to be harassed, distressed; of those who at sea are struggling with a head wind, Mark 6:48; of a ship tossed by the waves, Matthew 14:24. (In Greek writings from Herodotus down. Often in O. T. Apocrypha.)
