1. 19 And because of the scantiness of provisions among the robbers; for behold, they had nothing save it were meat for their subsistence, which meat they did obtain in the wilderness;

2. Abstemiousness: 1 n moderation in eating and drinking Type of: moderation , temperance the trait of avoiding excesses n restricted to bare necessities Type of: exiguity , leanness , meagerness , meagreness , poorness , scantiness , scantness the quality of being meager