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Greek

1558. ekdikos -- exacting penalty from, avenging
... exacting penalty from, avenging. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: ekdikos
Phonetic Spelling: (ek'-dik-os) Short Definition: avenging, an avenger ...
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840. austeros -- harsh, severe
... severe. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: austeros Phonetic Spelling:
(ow-stay-ros') Short Definition: grim, severe, strict, exacting Definition: grim ...
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3162. machaira -- a short sword or dagger
... sword. 3162 -- properly, a ; a short sword or dagger mainly used for stabbing;
(figuratively) an instrument for exacting . Word ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5377. nasha -- to lend on interest, be a creditor
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to lend on interest, be a creditor NASB Word
Usage debt (1), debtor (1), deceive (1), exacting (1), made (2). ...
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5383. nashah -- to lend, become a creditor
... root Definition to lend, become a creditor NASB Word Usage creditor (4), creditors
(1), exacting (1), lending (1), lent (2), loaned (1), make (1), make the ...
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Library

1 John iv. 17-21
... which in this epistle is chiefly and almost alone commended, at once maketh us most
faithful in paying our debts, and you most sweet in exacting your rights. ...
/.../ten homilies on the epistle of john to the parthians/homily ix 1 john iv.htm

The Ministry in Galilee --Its Aim and Method
... they might be with him and that he might send them forth to preach," and addressed
to them in the hearing of the multitudes the exacting, although unspeakably ...
/.../rhees/the life of jesus of nazareth/iii the ministry in galileeits.htm

Herod is Made Procurator of all Syria; Malichus is Afraid of Him ...
... the legions which were at difference with him; so he raised the siege of Apamia,
and took upon him the command of the army, and went about exacting tribute of ...
/.../chapter 11 herod is made.htm

Whether Cruelty is Opposed to Clemency?
... On the contrary, Seneca says (De Clementia ii, 4) that "the opposite of clemency
is cruelty, which is nothing else but hardness of heart in exacting punishment ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether cruelty is opposed to.htm

On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family
... He is really fleeing from his street because it is a great deal too exciting. It
is exciting because it is exacting; it is exacting because it is alive. ...
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This Day are Opened, Our Mouths to Give Thanks
... mouths. Thank the Merciful, who has delivered the men of our city, nor thought
at that time of exacting the debts that were due by us. ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn ii this day are.htm

Matt. vii. 1
... that fornication is a bad thing, nor at all correct him that is playing the wanton?"
Nay, correct him, but not as a foe, nor as an adversary exacting a penalty ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xxiii matt vii 1.htm

The Ministry and Prayer
... nor an interlude, nor a parade or form. For Jesus, prayer was exacting,
all-absorbing, paramount. It was the call of a sweet duty ...
/.../bounds/the weapon of prayer/vii the ministry and prayer.htm

Church and State in New England
... be obtainable from a franchise based upon church-membership where, as in the colonial
churches, admission to such membership was conditioned upon exacting tests ...
/.../chapter iii church and state.htm

Jesus Christ, the Divine Teacher of Prayer
... How rigidly exacting is Christ's law of prayer! ... It is a necessity to pray.
It is exacting and binding for men always to be in prayer. ...
/.../bounds/the reality of prayer/v jesus christ the divine.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exact.

2. (a.) Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.

Thesaurus

Exacting (5 Occurrences)
... severe. Multi-Version Concordance Exacting (5 Occurrences). Luke 19:21 for
I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take ...
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Sow (61 Occurrences)
... How much more valuable are you than birds! (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV
NIV). Luke 19:21 for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. ...
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Didn't (734 Occurrences)
... (WEB). Luke 19:21 for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up
that which you didn't lay down, and reap that which you didn't sow.' (WEB). ...
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Lay (524 Occurrences)
... Luke 16:20 while at his outer door there lay a beggar, Lazarus by name, (WEY RSV).
Luke 19:21 for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. ...
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Nice (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (superl.) of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial. 3. (superl.) Over scrupulous
or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters. ...
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Jealous (43 Occurrences)
... watchful. 2. (a.) Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful. 3. (a.)
Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry. 4. (a ...
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Loan (9 Occurrences)
... At a later period of the Hebrew commonwealth, when commerce increased, the practice
of exacting usury or interest on loans, and of suretiship in the commercial ...
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Interest (35 Occurrences)
... borrowers (15:10). According to Nehemiah 5:7, 10, rich Jews were lending to
others and exacting heavy interest. Nehemiah condemns such ...
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Feared (134 Occurrences)
... regarded man: (KJV ASV WBS RSV NIV). Luke 19:21 for I feared you, because
you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn ...
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Freemen (17 Occurrences)
... 5:7 and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects,
and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set ...
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Bible Concordance

Exacting (5 Occurrences)

Luke 19:21 for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that which you didn't sow.'
(WEB NAS)

Luke 19:22 "He said to him,'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.
(WEB NAS)

Nehemiah 5:7 and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 5:10 And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury.
(YLT NIV)

Nehemiah 5:11 Give back, I pray you, to them, as to-day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth 'part' of the money, and of the corn, of the new wine, and of the oil, that ye are exacting of them.'
(YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Exacting

Related Terms

Sow (61 Occurrences)

Didn't (734 Occurrences)

Lay (524 Occurrences)

Nice (1 Occurrence)

Jealous (43 Occurrences)

Loan (9 Occurrences)

Interest (35 Occurrences)

Feared (134 Occurrences)

Freemen (17 Occurrences)