hard (to do or bear) Original Word: χαλεπόςTransliteration: chalepos Phonetic Spelling: (khal-ep-os') Short Definition: fierce
a prim. word Definition hard (to do or bear) NASB Word Usage difficult (1), violent (1). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Perhaps from chalao through the idea of reducing the strength; difficult, i.e. Dangerous, or (by implication) furious -- fierce, perilous. see GREEK chalao χαλεποὶ (chalepoi) − 2 Occurrences
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