In Isaiah 32:5 (R.V. marg., "crafty"), means a deceiver. In 1 Samuel 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 Matthew 25:24, and there is rendered "hard."

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A rustic; a countryman or laborer.

2. (n.) A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.

3. (n.) A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.

4. (a.) Churlish; rough; selfish.