Strong’s G5467 · Greek
χαλεπός
chalepós · khal-ep-os'
Origin perhaps from χαλάω (G5465) through the idea of reducing the strength;
Meaning difficult, i.e. dangerous, or (by implication) furious
In the King James Version fierce, perilous.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 8:28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
- 2 Timothy 3:1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.