Luke 19:21
For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
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Luke 19:22
And 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:
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αὐστηρός
austērós · ow-stay-ros'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
rough (properly as a gale), i.e. (figuratively) severe
Strong's KJV usage: :--austere.
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Strong's first: Luke 19:21Strong's last: Luke 19:22
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For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
G840
And 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:
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austere
AUSTE'RE, adjective [Latin Austerus.
1. Severe; harsh; rigid; stern; applied to persons; as an austere master; an austere look.
2. Sour; harsh; rough to the taste; applied to things; as austere fruit, or wine.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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