Lexical Summary austēros: harsh, severe Original Word: αὐστηρόςTransliteration: austēros Phonetic Spelling: (ow-stay-ros') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: harsh, severe Meaning: harsh, severe Strong's Concordance austere, strictFrom a (presumed) derivative of the same as aer (meaning blown); rough (properly as a gale), i.e. (figuratively) severe -- austere. see GREEK aer Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 840: αὐστηρόςαὐστηρός, ἀυστηρα, ἀυστηρον (from αὔω to dry up), harsh (Latinausterus), stringent of taste, ἀυστηρον καί γλυκύ (καί πικρόν), Plato, legg. 10, 897 a.; οἶνος, Diogenes Laërtius 7, 117. of mind and manners, harsh, rough, rigid (cf. Trench, § xiv.): Luke 19:21, 22; (Polybius 4, 20, 7; Diogenes Laërtius 7, 26, etc. 2 Macc. 14:30). |
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