the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9
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Strong's #5560 - χωλός
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- lame
- deprived of a foot, maimed
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χωλός, ή, όν,
lame in the feet, halting, limping, c. acc., χωλὸς δ' ἕτερον πόδα Il. 2.217, cf. 9.503, Od. 8.308, Hdt. 5.92. β, S. Ph. 486, 1032; χ. καὶ οὐκ ἀρτίπους Hdt. 4.161; χ. τὼ σκέλει Ar. Th. 24; also c. dat., σκέλει χωλός Plu. 2.739b; χωλὸς ἀμφοτέροις Luc. Tim. 20: later also of the hand, like κυλλός, χωλὸς τὴν χεῖρα Eup. 343; χεῖρα χωλὴν ἕξειν Hp. Prorrh. 2.1, cf. Pl. Lg. 794e: of animals, X. Eq. 1.5, etc.
II metaph., defective, φύσις Pl. Phd. 71e; one-sided, Id. R. 535d; βασιλεία Orac. ap. X. HG 3.3.3.
2. of metre, esp. of the χωλίαμβος (q. v.), halting, μέτρον Heph. 5.4, Demetr. Eloc. 301; also of a trochaic metre, Aristid.Quint. 1.25.
3. ἀείδειν χωλά, of a ' lame tale', Herod. 1.71.
χωλός, χωλη, χωλόν, from Homer down, the Sept. for פִּסֵּחַ, lame: Acts 3:2, 11 Rec.;
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χωλός , -ή , -όν ,
[in LXX for H6455;]
lame, halt, maimed: Matthew 11:5; Matthew 15:30-31; 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 8:7; Acts 14:8, Hebrews 12:13.†
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