Words the Bible translates as severe
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ischurosἰσχυρόςstrong: possessing real, built-in force that grips, holds, and resists
- ḥazaqחָזָקstrong: possessing force that does not give way, whether power that overwhelms or hardness that will not bend
- kavedכָּבֵדheavy: carrying great weight, and by extension anything large, severe, or hard to bear
- qashehקָשֶׁהhard in the sense of unyielding: a burden that will not let up, a manner that gives no ground, or a person who will not bend
- austērosαὐστηρόςseverenot studied yet
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