Gloss
hard, severe, strict, exacting
Forms of the word
Dictionary
αὐστηρός, ά, όν
Greek transliteration
austēros
Simplified transliteration
austeros
Numbers
Strong's number
840
GK Number
893
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(1)
Definition
pr. harsh, sour in flavor; met. harsh, rigid, ungenerous, Lk. 19:21, 22*
Greek-English Concordance for αὐστηρός
| Luke 19:21 | for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting (austēros | αὐστηρός | nom sg masc) man: you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.’ |
| Luke 19:22 | He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked servant. You knew, did you, that I am an exacting (austēros | αὐστηρός | nom sg masc) man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? |
