Word

χωλός

chōlós · G5560 · Greek · 14 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. lame, one who is lame

    Pertaining to a disability that involves the imperfect function of the lower limbs

    Examples

    Matthew 11:5 those who are BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT and those who limp walk, those with leprosy are cleansed and those who are deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.

    Matthew 15:30 And large crowds came to Him bringing with them those who were limping, had impaired limbs, were blind, or were unable to speak, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them.

    Matthew 15:31 So the crowd was astonished as they saw those who were unable to speak talking, those with impaired limbs restored, those who were limping walking around, and those who were blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

How it’s used In 2 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What it doesIt is the subject

5 occurrences in 3 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word
פִּסֵּחַ piççêach · H6455 · to be lamed
Greek χωλός and Hebrew פִּסֵּחַ both denote physical lameness or impaired walking ability, functioning as direct translation equivalents across LXX and NT contexts describing disabled persons.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Lame, one who is lame23.175
Matthew 11:5 has Jesus answer John’s disciples, “the blind receive 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”.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon χωλη, χωλόν, from Homer down, the Sept. for פִּסֵּחַ, lame: Acts 3:2, Acts 3:11 Rec.; ;…
χωλη, χωλόν, from Homer down, the Sept. for פִּסֵּחַ, lame: Acts 3:2, Acts 3:11 Rec.; ; plural, Mt 11:5; Mt 15:30; Mt 21:14; Lk 7:22; Lk 14:13, Lk 14:21; Jn 5:3; Acts 8:7; τό χωλόν, Heb 12:13 (on which see ἐκτρέπω, 1). deprived of afoot, maimed (A. V. halt): Mt 18:8; Mk 9:45.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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