Rigor
Jump to: Webster'sConcordanceThesaurusGreekHebrewLibrarySubtopicsTermsResources
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) Rigidity; stiffness; inflexibility.

2. (n.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever.

3. (n.) The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.

4. (n.) See 1st Rigor, 2.

5. (n.) Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter.

6. (n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.

7. (n.) Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed to lenity.

8. (n.) Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.

9. (n.) Violence; force; fury.

Greek
663. apotomia -- sharpness, steepness
... Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ot-om-ee'-ah) Short Definition: harshness, severity Definition:
(lit: sheerness, of a rock), abruptness, harshness, severity, rigor. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/663.htm - 6k
Strong's Hebrew
6531. perek -- harshness, severity
... cruelty, rigor. From an unused root meaning to break apart; fracture, ie Severity --
cruelty, rigour. 6530, 6531. perek. 6532 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/6531.htm - 6k
Library

Articles xiii and xiv Original Sin Will Condemn no Man.
... For the rigor of God against the apostate angels was extreme, because
he would not pardon the crime which they had perpetrated. ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/articles xiii and xiv original.htm

The Thesis to be Proved
... are considered to be under the law by the further fight of redemption and
sanctification, and yet in such a manner as not to be under its rigor, because they ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/i the thesis to be.htm

In what Manner, and from what Cause, the Functions of the ...
... It is observed with great rigor by the Western churches, [1548] particularly at
Rome, where there is a place appropriated to the reception of penitents, in ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter xvi in what manner and.htm

Of Christian Liberty.
... still accepted of God. For the law demanding perfect love condemns all
imperfection, unless its rigor is mitigated. Let any man ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 19 of christian liberty.htm

On the Justification of Man Before God
... made to a sinner, but who is a believer; (Romans 1:16, 17; Galatians 3:6, 7;) or
that man is justified before God, of debt, according to the rigor of justice ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 1/disputation 19 on the justification.htm

Appeal to the Christian Women of the South
... of his brethren at any time the money was offered; and he who redeemed him, was
not to take advantage of the favor thus conferred, and rule over him with rigor ...
/.../an appeal to the christian women of the south/appeal to the christian women.htm

Period I: the Imperial State Church of the Undivided Empire, or ...
... part in the rites of a strange superstition, let him, if his condition permits,
be beaten with staves, but if his rank exempts him from such rigor, let him ...
/.../ayer/a source book for ancient church history/period i the imperial state.htm

Restoring the Creator-Creature Relation
... The flesh whimpers against the rigor of God's inexorable sentence and begs like
Agag for a little mercy, a little indulgence of its carnal ways. It is no use. ...
/.../tozer/the pursuit of god/viii restoring the creator-creature relation.htm

Of Flattery.
... Flattery is such a Mystery, such a Riddle of iniquity, that its very softnesses
are its cruelest rigor, its Balm corrodes, and (to comprise all in the ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section viii of flattery.htm

Useful Phrases
... abundant opportunity. abusive epithet. abysmally apologetic. academic rigor.
accelerated progress. accentuated playfulness. accepted littleness. accessible ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section i useful phrases.htm

Thesaurus
Rigor (8 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) See 1st Rigor, 2. 5. (n.) Severity of climate or season; inclemency;
as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter. 6 ...
/r/rigor.htm - 9k

Rigour (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Rigour (5 Occurrences). Exodus 1:13 And the Egyptians
made the children of Israel to serve with rigor: (See JPS YLT). ...
/r/rigour.htm - 7k

Rigorous (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Exact; strict; severe; relentless; uncompromising; manifesting, exercising,
or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously ...
/r/rigorous.htm - 7k

Slavery (31 Occurrences)
... "Thou shalt not rule over him (Hebrew slave) with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.....
Ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor" (Leviticus 25:43, 46). ...
/s/slavery.htm - 36k

Slave (148 Occurrences)
... "Thou shalt not rule over him (Hebrew slave) with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.....
Ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor" (Leviticus 25:43, 46). ...
/s/slave.htm - 54k

Yearly (16 Occurrences)
... (WEB DBY). Leviticus 25:53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and
the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight. (KJV WBS). ...
/y/yearly.htm - 11k

Undue (1 Occurrence)
... Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate;
inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the ...
/u/undue.htm - 7k

Oppress (57 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload;
hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. ...
/o/oppress.htm - 24k

Tyranny (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; cruel government or discipline;
as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster. 2. (n.) Severity; rigor; inclemency. ...
/t/tyranny.htm - 7k

Rigid (1 Occurrence)

/r/rigid.htm - 6k

Resources
Who was Dietrich Bonhoeffer? | GotQuestions.org

What is a seminary? | GotQuestions.org

Rigor: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

Bible ConcordanceBible DictionaryBible EncyclopediaTopical BibleBible Thesuarus
Concordance
Rigor (8 Occurrences)

Romans 9:28
for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.
(See RSV)

Colossians 2:23
Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren't of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
(See RSV)

Exodus 1:13
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:
(KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 1:14
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.
(KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Leviticus 25:46
And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigor.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Leviticus 25:53
And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Ezekiel 34:4
You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.
(WEB ASV)

Subtopics

Rigor

Related Terms

Rigour (5 Occurrences)

Rigorous (2 Occurrences)

Slavery (31 Occurrences)

Slave (148 Occurrences)

Yearly (16 Occurrences)

Undue (1 Occurrence)

Oppress (57 Occurrences)

Tyranny (4 Occurrences)

Rigid (1 Occurrence)

Bond-men (16 Occurrences)

Brutally (3 Occurrences)

Cruelty (8 Occurrences)

Cruel (196 Occurrences)

Ascetic (1 Occurrence)

Ague (1 Occurrence)

Steel (7 Occurrences)

Severity (7 Occurrences)

Superstition (1 Occurrence)

Injured (28 Occurrences)

Horror (51 Occurrences)

Poor (276 Occurrences)

Diseased (39 Occurrences)

Bondage (55 Occurrences)

Kings (350 Occurrences)

Philippi (8 Occurrences)

Wherein (208 Occurrences)

Testaments

Ruled (84 Occurrences)

Between (2624 Occurrences)

Haven't (87 Occurrences)

Lost (85 Occurrences)

Bondmen (117 Occurrences)

Harshly (20 Occurrences)

Weak (102 Occurrences)

Moses (9295 Occurrences)

Books (16 Occurrences)

Egypt (596 Occurrences)

Rigid
Top of Page
Top of Page