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Crippled

ἀνάπηροςStrong’s G0376

anapēros

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Anapēros is the Greek word usually translated “crippled”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:”
Luke 14:13 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “crippled”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • crippled 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 2

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀνάπηρος anapēros · crippled

ἀνά-πηρος (WH, -ειρος; see Field, Notes, 67), -ον (πηρός, maimed) [in LXX: Tob.14:2 א, 2Ma.8:24 * ;] maimed, crippled: Luk.14:13, 21.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “crippled” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CRIPPLED, participle passive

Lamed; rendered impotent in the limbs; disabled.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.