Lexical Summary chalepos: hard (to do or bear) Original Word: χαλεπόςTransliteration: chalepos Phonetic Spelling: (khal-ep-os') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: hard (to do or bear) Meaning: hard (to do or bear) Strong's Concordance fierce, perilous. Perhaps from chalao through the idea of reducing the strength; difficult, i.e. Dangerous, or (by implication) furious -- fierce, perilous. see GREEK chalao Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5467: χαλεπόςχαλεπός, χαλεπης, χαλεπόν (from χαλέπτω to oppress, annoy ((?))), from Homer down, hard (Latindifficilis); a. hard to do, to take, to approach. b. hard to bear, troublesome, dangerous: καιροί χαλεποί (R. V. grievous), 2 Timothy 3:1; harsh, fierce, savage: of men, Matthew 8:28 (Isaiah 18:2 and often in secular authors from Homer down). |
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