1. (a.) Simple; unadorned; sour; astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; an austere instructor.

2. (a.) Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.

3. (a.) Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.

AUSTERE

os-ter' austeros, "harsh," ("rough"): Twice used by Christ in the parable of the Pounds (Luke 19:21, 22), and of special significance as illustrating the false conception of God cherished by the sinful and disobedient. The fear resident in a guilty conscience sees only sternness and severity in God's perfect righteousness. The word may be made an eminent study in the psychology of an evil heart. Wrongdoing eclipses the soul's vision of God's love and pictures His righteousness as harsh, unfeeling, partial, unjust, forbidding. The awfulness of sin may thus be seen in its power so to pervert the soul as to make goodness seem evil, justice unjust, and even love unlovely. Compare "hard" skleros, "dried up," "harsh" in the parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:24).

Dwight M. Pratt

840. austeros -- harsh, severe
... austere, strict. From a (presumed) derivative of the same as aer (meaning blown);
rough (properly as a gale), ie (figuratively) severe -- austere. see GREEK aer ...
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Whether it was Becoming that Christ Should Lead an Austere Life in ...
... OF CHRIST'S MANNER OF LIFE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether it was becoming that
Christ should lead an austere life in this world? Objection ...
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Whether Christ's Temptation Should have Taken Place after his Fast ...
... His fast. For it has been said above ([4212]Q[40], A[2]) that an austere
mode of life was not becoming to Christ. But it savors ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christs temptation should have.htm

Felicitous Phrases
... attract, interest, and persuade. augmenting, furthering, and reenforcing. austere,
calm, and somber. ... friendly, amiable, and sincere. frigid, austere, and splendid ...
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How to Use the Present Life, and the Comforts of It.
... was no other method than to allow man to use corporeal goods only in so far as they
were necessaries: a counsel pious indeed, but unnecessarily austere; for it ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/sergieff/on the christian life/chapter v how to use.htm

Jesus About his Father's Business
... God the Father was only made propitious to us through the atonement of Christ that
Jesus was the Savior, and that the Father was rather an austere Judge than a ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/jesus about his fathers business.htm

The Servants and the Pounds.
... And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid
up in a napkin: for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou ...
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Acts xv. 35
... already indeed Luke has described to us the character of the Apostles, [791] that
the one was more tender and indulgent, but this one more strict and austere. ...
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How to Use the Present Life, and the Comforts of It.
... was no other method than to allow man to use corporeal goods only in so far as they
were necessaries: a counsel pious indeed, but unnecessarily austere; for it ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 10 how to use.htm

Christ and Zacchæus the Salvation of the Body as Denied by ...
... The Parable of the Ten Servants Entrusted with Ten Pounds. Christ a Judge, Who
is to Administer the Will of the Austere Man, Ie The Creator. ...
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The Parable of the Pounds.
... cities.' And another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept
laid up in a napkin: for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou ...
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Austere (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Simple; unadorned; sour; astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity;
as, an austere crab apple; an austere instructor. ...AUSTERE. ...
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Author (5 Occurrences)

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Knewest (11 Occurrences)
... servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not
down, and reaping that I did not sow: (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). ...
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Layedst (2 Occurrences)
... 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. (KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Tirshatha (5 Occurrences)
... According to Gesenius and Ewald, it is to be compared with the Persian torsh, "severe,"
"austere," ie "stern lord." It seems more probable that it is derived ...
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Takest (17 Occurrences)
... 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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Rough (24 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine. 11. (n.) Tempestuous;
boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day. 12. ...
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Reapest (3 Occurrences)
... 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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Rugged (7 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy. 4. (n.) Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; --
said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons. ...
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Difficult (31 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn;
as, a difficult person. 3. (vt) To render difficult; to impede; to perplex. ...
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Austere (2 Occurrences)

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.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

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:
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Austere

Author (5 Occurrences)

Knewest (11 Occurrences)

Layedst (2 Occurrences)

Tirshatha (5 Occurrences)

Takest (17 Occurrences)

Rough (24 Occurrences)

Reapest (3 Occurrences)

Rugged (7 Occurrences)

Difficult (31 Occurrences)

Ascetic (1 Occurrence)

Aunt (3 Occurrences)

Stern (8 Occurrences)

Severe (53 Occurrences)

Abstinence (2 Occurrences)

Manasseh (140 Occurrences)

Proselyte (2 Occurrences)

Laid (552 Occurrences)

Job (60 Occurrences)

Harsh (20 Occurrences)

Epistles (2 Occurrences)

Hezekiah (124 Occurrences)

Elisha (70 Occurrences)

Backslide

John (154 Occurrences)

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