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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - χαλεπός
χαλεπός
G5467
Transliteration: chalepós
Pronunciation: khal-ep-os'
Definition: fierce
- Original: χαλεπός - Transliteration: Chalepos - Phonetic: khal-ep-os'
- Definition:
1. hard to do, to take, to approach
2. hard to bear, troublesome, dangerous
a. harsh, fierce, savage
- Origin: perhaps from G5465" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5465 through the idea of reducing the strength - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: Perhaps from G5465" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5465 through the idea of reducing the strength; difficult that is dangerous or (by implication) furious: - fierce perilous.