χαλεπός
chalepos · hard, fierce
Greek word · Strong’s number G5467 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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chalepos (χαλεπός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “hard, fierce”.
Hard, difficult; fierce, dangerous.
How to say it
cha·le·pos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Hard to bear, full of danger.
- Savage and dangerous, attacking passers-by.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- difficult ×1
- violent ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 8:28
And when he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two men possessed by demons met him, coming out of the tombs, so violent that no one could pass along that road.
- 2 Timothy 3:1
But know this, that in the last days difficult times will come.