Strong G5560χωλός
lame
- Transliteration
- chōlos
- Pronunciation
- kho-los'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Apparently a primary word; halt that is limping: - cripple halt lame.
Detailed definition
χωλός, -ή, -όν
[in LXX for פִּסֵּחַ;]
lame, halt, maimed: Mat.11:5 15:30-31 18:8 21:14, Mrk.9:45, Luk.7:22 14:13, 21, Jhn.5:3, Act.3:2 8:7 14:8, Heb.12:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX for פִּסֵּחַ;]
lame, halt, maimed: Mat.11:5 15:30-31 18:8 21:14, Mrk.9:45, Luk.7:22 14:13, 21, Jhn.5:3, Act.3:2 8:7 14:8, Heb.12:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5560 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lame10
- halt4
- cripple1
First verses
- Matthew 11:5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
- Matthew 15:30And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
- Matthew 15:31Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
- Matthew 18:8Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
- Matthew 21:14And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
- Mark 9:45And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
- Luke 7:22Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
- Luke 14:13But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
- Luke 14:21So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
- John 5:3In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
- Acts 3:2And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
- Acts 3:11And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
- Acts 8:7For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
- Acts 14:8And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
- Hebrews 12:13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
χωλός, ή, όν,
lame in the feet, halting, limping, with accusative, χωλὸς δ᾽ ἕτερον πόδα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.217, compare 9.503, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.308, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.β, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 486, 1032; χ. καὶ οὐκ ἀρτίπους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.161; χ. τὼ σκέλει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 24)]; also with dative, σκέλει χωλός [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.739b; χωλὸς ἀμφοτέροις 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 20)]: later also of the hand, like{κυλλός}, χωλὸς τὴν χεῖρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 343; χεῖρα χωλὴν ἕξειν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 794e: of animals, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.5, etc.)]
II metaphorically, defective, φύσις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 71e)]; one-sided, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 535d)]; βασιλεία Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.3.)]
II.2 of metre, especially of the χωλίαμβος (which see), halting, μέτρον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 5.4, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 301)]; also of a trochaic metre, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 1.25.)]
II.3 ἀείδειν χωλά, of a 'lame tale', [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.71.)]
lame in the feet, halting, limping, with accusative, χωλὸς δ᾽ ἕτερον πόδα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.217, compare 9.503, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.308, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.β, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 486, 1032; χ. καὶ οὐκ ἀρτίπους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.161; χ. τὼ σκέλει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 24)]; also with dative, σκέλει χωλός [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.739b; χωλὸς ἀμφοτέροις 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 20)]: later also of the hand, like{κυλλός}, χωλὸς τὴν χεῖρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 343; χεῖρα χωλὴν ἕξειν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 794e: of animals, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.5, etc.)]
II metaphorically, defective, φύσις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 71e)]; one-sided, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 535d)]; βασιλεία Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.3.)]
II.2 of metre, especially of the χωλίαμβος (which see), halting, μέτρον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 5.4, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 301)]; also of a trochaic metre, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 1.25.)]
II.3 ἀείδειν χωλά, of a 'lame tale', [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.71.)]