adjective

austēros

Greekαὐστηρός (austēros)

Strong’sG840

grim, severe, strict, exacting

stem austēr-2 times in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

harsh2×

What it means

** αὐστηρός, -ά, -όν

(< αὔω, to dry up), [in LXX: II Mac 14:30*;]

prop., stringent, harsh to the taste. Metaph., in Inscr., of a rough country; of disposition and manners, strict, severe (as in π., of an inspector; MM, s v): Lk 19:21, 22.†

SYN.: σκληρός (Tr., § xiv).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G840 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidow-stay-ros'

rough (properly as a gale), i.e. (figuratively) severe

Fromfrom a (presumed) derivative of the same as G109 (meaning blown);

King Jamesaustere.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	austēros2×αὐστηρὸς	austēras	austērem	austērois	austērais	austēreim
object accusative	austēron	austēran		austēroin	austērain
direct address vocative	austēror	austērar		austēroir	austērair
of, belonging to genitive	austērou	austērau	austēreu	austēroiu	austēraiu	austēreiu
to, for dative	austēro	austēra	austēre	austēroi	austērai	austērei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

austērstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

austēr is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

austēros“harsh”subjectnominative singular2×

Luke 19:21“harsh”fobeme gar sin hoti anthrōpos austēros asō, airasō hem ouk tithasa kai therizasō hem ouk speirasa.For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’

Luke 19:22“harsh”legatō auto; Ek teu stomeu su krinami sin, ponēror doulor; oidaselē hoti mis anthrōpos austēros amō, airarōtos hem ouk tithama kai therizarōtos hem ouk speirama?His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?