torment

Facts

The term "torment" refers to terrible suffering. To torment someone means to cause someone to suffer, often in a cruel way.

Sometimes the term "torment" refers to physical pain and suffering. For example, the book of Revelation describes physical torment that worshippers of the "beast" will suffer in the end-times.
Suffering also may take the form of spiritual and emotional affliction as experienced by Job.
According to the book of Revelation, people who do not believe in Jesus as their Savior will experience eternal spiritual torment in the lake of fire.
This term could be translated as, "terrible suffering" or "cause someone to suffer greatly" or "agony." Some translators may add "physical" or "spiritual" to make the meaning clear.