in Isa 32:5 (R.V. marg., "crafty"), means a deceiver. In 1Sa 25:3, the word churlish denotes a man that is coarse and ill-natured, or, as the word literally means, "hard." The same Greek word as used by the LXX. here is found in Mt 25:24, and there is rendered "hard."
(now the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail And the woman was intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite),
No longer will the fool be called noble, Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.
"And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed.
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