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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 worshipers of the "beast" will suffer in the end times.
- Suffering also may take the form of spiritual and emotional pain as experienced by Job.
- According to the book of Revelation, people who do not believe in Jesus as their Savior will experience eternal 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.
(See also: other/beast · kt/eternity · other/job · kt/savior · kt/spirit · kt/suffer · kt/worship)