χωλός chōlos · G5560
lame
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)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
χωλός, ή, όν, ; lame in the feet, halting, limping, with accusative, χωλὸς δ᾽ ἕτερον πόδα []; also with dative, σκέλει χωλός []: later also of the hand, like{κυλλός}, χωλὸς τὴν χεῖρα []; II metaphorically, defective, φύσις []; one-sided, []; βασιλεία Oracle texts cited in []; II.2 of metre, especially of the χωλίαμβος (which see), halting, μέτρον []; also of a trochaic metre, []; II.3 ἀείδειν χωλά, of a 'lame tale', []
Where it's used 15 times
Matthew 11:5 · Matthew 15:30 · Matthew 15:31 · Matthew 18:8 · Matthew 21:14 · Mark 9:45 · Luke 7:22 · Luke 14:13 · Luke 14:21 · John 5:3 · Acts 3:2 · Acts 3:11 · Acts 8:7 · Acts 14:8 · Hebrews 12:13
Source: TBESG G5560; TFLSJ G5560
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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