ΑΥ̓ΣΤΗΡΟΣ, αὐστηρος
AUSTĒROS, austēros
Sounds Like: ow-STEE-ros
Translations: austere, severe, harsh, strict, rigorous
From the root: ΑΥ̓ΣΤΗΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something as being harsh, strict, or severe. It implies a lack of gentleness or leniency, often in a moral or disciplinary sense. It can be used to characterize a person's nature, a rule, or a judgment.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine. As an adjective, it inflects for gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), number (singular, plural), and case (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative) to agree with the noun it modifies.
Strong’s number: G0840 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΥ̓ΣΤΗΡΟΣ.
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- ΑΥ̓ΣΤΗΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ — harsher, more severe, stricter, a harsher thing, a more severe thing, a stricter thing
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