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Greek

1128. gumnazo -- to exercise naked, to train
... condition" (full agility, skill, endurance). This is gained only from , rigorous
training (exercise). 1128 () conveys acquiring -- regular ...
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Library

The War in Heaven.
... made, because it is made by Jesus Christ our Lord, and its laws are the likeness
of His character; pitiful, because Christ is pitiful; and rigorous, because He ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon xxi the war in.htm

Declaring when Spiritual and Corporal Penances Ought to be Used ...
... to the marking and reproving much their faults, and holding of them for very defective,
for the same reason that they see em go a less rigorous way than ...
/.../chap xv declaring when spiritual.htm

The Great Difference Between External and Internal Penances.
... Know that the Mortifications and Penances which some one undertakes of himself,
are light (although they may be the most rigorous, which hithero have been done ...
/.../chap xvi the great difference.htm

The Third Kind of General Mortification is Silence; the which is ...
... 3. But in these latter days superiors have conceived themselves obliged to remit
much of this rigorous silence, not only permitting, but even appointing set ...
/.../chapter vii the third kind.htm

The Difference Between the Outward and Inward Man.
... they endeavour mainly to get Vertues, many Abstinences, Maceration of Body, and
Mortification of the Senses: they give themselves to rigorous Penance; they put ...
/.../chap i the difference between.htm

Luke x. The Latter Part of the 25Th Verse.
... that is, He shall rigorously exact of us a due Satisfaction, and Punishment for
every Sin we have been guilty of towards him; if we be so rigorous as to take ...
/.../sermon v luke x the.htm

An Earnest Invitation
... ye reconciled to God." And is this a hard thing we ask of you, that you should be
at friendship with him who is your best friends Is this a rigorous law, like ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/an earnest invitation.htm

Church and State in New England
... First of all, they provided their members with the approved and accepted essentials
of religious life, and they further exercised a rigorous supervision over ...
/.../chapter iii church and state.htm

The Requisites of Merit
... This rigorous school is constrained to raise the question whether every single good
work, to be supernaturally meritorious, must proceed from an act of divine ...
/.../pohle/grace actual and habitual/section 2 the requisites of.htm

"The House of Israel"
... Wanting the Spirit and grace of God, they tried to make up for the lack
by a rigorous observance of religious ceremonies and rites. ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 59 the house of.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Exact; strict; severe; relentless; uncompromising; manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.

2. (a.) Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.

3. (a.) Violent.

Thesaurus

Rigorous (2 Occurrences)
... relentless; uncompromising; manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing
no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; as, a rigorous officer of ...
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Relax (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in
respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to ...
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Strait (14 Occurrences)
... 4. (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar. 5. (superl.) Strict; scrupulous;
rigorous. 6. (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited. ...
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Severe (53 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild
or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment. ...
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Rigor (8 Occurrences)

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Oppressive (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive
taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. ...
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Liberal (11 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense;
free; as, a liberal translation of a classic, or a liberal construction of law ...
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Weighty (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important;
forcible; serious; momentous. 3. (superl.) Rigorous; severe; afflictive. ...
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Idolatry (14 Occurrences)
... The first and second commandments are directed against idolatry of every form.
Individuals and communities were equally amenable to the rigorous code. ...
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Rigorously (2 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Rigorous (2 Occurrences)

Daniel 2:15 he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so rigorous from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
(DBY)

Daniel 3:22 Forasmuch as the king's commandment was rigorous, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that had taken up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
(DBY)

Subtopics

Rigorous

Related Terms

Relax (5 Occurrences)

Strait (14 Occurrences)

Severe (53 Occurrences)

Rigor (8 Occurrences)

Oppressive (6 Occurrences)

Liberal (11 Occurrences)

Weighty (7 Occurrences)

Idolatry (14 Occurrences)

Rigorously (2 Occurrences)