Quick Definition
lame, deprived of a foot
Strong's Definition
"halt", i.e. limping
Derivation: apparently a primary word;
KJV Usage: cripple, halt, lame
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χωλός, χωλη, χωλόν, from Homer down, the Sept. for τΔΜρΕΜηΗ, lame: Act_3:2; Act_3:11 Rec.; ; plural, Mat_11:5; Mat_15:30; Mat_21:14; Luk_7:22; Luk_14:13; Luk_14:21; Joh_5:3; Act_8:7; τό χωλόν, Heb_12:13 (on which see ἐκτρέπω, 1). deprived of afoot, maimed (A. V. halt): Mat_18:8; Mar_9:45.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χωλός chōlos 14x
crippled in the feet, limping, halting, lame, Mat_11:5 ; Mat_15:30-31 ;
met. limping, weak, spiritually, Heb_12:13 ;
maimed, deprived of a foot, for ἀναπηρός , Mar_9:45 crippled; l ame.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χωλός , -ή , -όν ,
[in LXX for H6455 ;]
lame, halt, maimed: Mat_11:5 ; Mat_15:30-31 ; Mat_18:8 ; Mat_21:14 , Mar_9:45 , Luk_7:22 ; Luk_14:13 ; Luk_14:21 , Joh_5:3 , Act_3:2 ; Act_8:7 ; Act_14:8 , Heb_12:13 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χωλός [page 695]
lame. A good ex. of this adj. is afforded by the personal description in a note of sale, Preisigke 428 .6 (B.C. 99) εὐθύρ (ινος ) ὑποσκνιφο [ῦ ] χωλ [οῦ , straight-nosed, near-sighted, lame. See also BGU IV. 1196 .67 (B.C. 10), III. 712 i. 8, ii. 20 (ii/A.D.), and P Cairo Goodsp 30 xxxi. 21 (A.D. 191 2), and for ametaph. usage Herodas I. 71 (ed. Headlam)
χωλὴν δ᾽ ἀείδειν χώλ᾽ ἂν ἐξεπαίδευσα ,
I would have taught her to sing her lame song to a limp.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
χωλός χωλός, ή, όν "lame" in the feet, "halting, limping", χωλὸς πόδα Hom. ; χωλὸς ἀμφοτέροις (sc. ποσί) Luc. metaph. "maimed, imperfect, defective", Lat. mancus, Plat. , Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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