- Original: ἀποτομία - Transliteration: Apotomia - Phonetic: ap-ot-om-ee'-ah - Definition: 1. severity, roughness, rigour - Origin: from the base of G664 - TDNT entry: 09:46,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From the base of G664 ; (figuratively) decisiveness that is rigor: - severity. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • severity, 2 Romans 11:22(2)