Quick Definition
χωλός, ή, όν Adj lame, deprived of a foot
Strong's Definition
apparently a primary word; "halt", i.e. limping
KJV Usage: cripple, halt, lame
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ή, -όν
23.175 · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness
lame, one who is lame pertaining to a disability that involves the imperfect function of the lower limbs
MAT 11:5 · MAT 15:30 · MAT 15:31 · MAT 18:8 · MAT 21:14 · MRK 9:45 · LUK 7:22 · LUK 14:13 · LUK 14:21 · JHN 5:3 · ACT 3:2 · ACT 8:7 · ACT 14:8 · HEB 12:13
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χωλός, -7, -όν, fr. Hom. down, Sept. for md3, lame : Acts iii. 2, 11 Rec.; xiv. 8; plur., Mt. xi. 5; xv. 30sq.; xxi. 14; Lk. vii. 225 xiv. 18, 21; Jn.v.3; Acts vill. 7; τὸ χωλόν, Heb. xii. 13 (on which see ἐκτρέπω, 1). deprived of a foot, maimed, [A. V. halt]: Mt. xviii. 8; Mk. ix. 45.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χωλός chōlos 14x
crippled in the feet, limping, halting, lame, Mt. 11:5; 15:30, 31; met. limping, weak, spiritually, Heb. 12:13; maimed, deprived of a foot, for ἀναπηρός, Mk. 9:45
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χωλός, -ή, -όν
[in LXX for פִּסֵּחַ ;]
lame, halt, maimed: Mt 11:5 15:30, 31 18:8 21:14, Mk 9:45, Lk 7:22 14:13, 21, Jo 5:3, Ac 3:2 8:7 14:8, He 12:13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χωλός, “lame.” A good ex. of this adj. is afforded by the personal description in a note of sale, Preisigke 428° (B.C. 99) εὐθύρ(ινος) ὑποσκνιφο[ῦ] χωλ[οῦ, “‘straightnosed, near-sighted, lame.” See also BGU IV. 1196% (B.c. 10), III. 712+ 8120 (ji/a.p.), and P Cairo Goodsp 30 =1.21 (A.D. 191-2), and for a metaph. usage Herodas I. 71 (ed. Headlam)— χωλὴν δ᾽ ἀείδειν χώλ᾽ ἂν ἐξεπαίδευσα, {1 would have taught her to sing her lame song to a limp.” g g g Pp.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χωλός (chōlos) — lame. χωλός, ή, όν, lame in the feet, halting, limping, with accusative, χωλὸς δ᾽ ἕτερον πόδα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also with dative, σκέλει χωλός [Refs 1st c.AD+]: later also of the hand, like{κυλλός}, χωλὸς τὴν χεῖρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. metaphorically, defective, φύσις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; one-sided, [Refs]; βασιλεία Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. of metre, especially of the χωλίαμβος (which see), halting, μέτρον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of a trochaic metre, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II.3. ἀείδειν χωλά, of a 'lame tale', [Refs 3rd c.BC+]