χωλός
chōlos
“lame”
Definition
"halt", i.e. limping
apparently a primary word;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
G:A
Greek Adjective
Occurrences
χωλός appears 15 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.
But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
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