Strong’s G840 · Greek
αὐστηρός
austērós · ow-stay-ros'
Origin from a (presumed) derivative of the same as ἀήρ (G109) (meaning blown);
Meaning rough (properly as a gale), i.e. (figuratively) severe
In the King James Version austere.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 19:21For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
- Luke 19:22And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.