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αὐστηρός

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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)
Gloss: 
hard, severe, strict, exacting
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?