Lame
χωλόςStrong’s G5560chōlos
Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament
In short
Chōlos is the Greek word usually translated “lame”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.
“The 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “lame”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- lame 15
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 5
- Acts 4
- Luke 3
- Mark 1
- John 1
- Hebrews 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
χωλός chōlos · 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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lame” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LAME, adjective
- Crippled or disabled in a limb, or otherwise injured so as to be unsound and impaired in strength; as a lame arm or leg, or a person lame in one leg.
- Imperfect; not satisfactory; as a lame excuse.
- Hobbling; not smooth; as numbers in verse.
All definitions and other forms of “lame”
LAME, verb transitive
To make lame; to cripple or disable; to render imperfect and unsound; as, to lame an arm or a leg.
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.