Lexicon chalepos: hard (to do or bear) Original Word: χαλεπός, ή, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: chalepos Phonetic Spelling: (khal-ep-os') Short Definition: hard, harsh, fierce Definition: (a) hard, troublesome, (b) harsh, fierce. HELPS word-Studies 5467 xalepós (an adjective, derived from xaleptō, "to oppress, annoy," J. Thayer) – properly, irksomely hard to bear (LS); fiercely difficult to cope with because so harsh (even injurious). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitionhard (to do or bear) NASB Translationdifficult (1), violent (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5467: χαλεπόςχαλεπός, χαλεπης, χαλεπόν (from χαλέπτω to oppress, annoy ((?))), from Homer down, hard (Latin difficilis); 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).
Strong's 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 |
    |