Strong's Greek · G5560

G5560 chōlós

χωλός

kho-los'

lame

Looking for Hebrew H5560 çôleth? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G5560. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

chōlós appears 14 times in Scripture, including Matthew 11:5 and Mark 9:45. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

"halt", i.e. limping

In the King James Version

cripple, halt, lame

Derivation

apparently a primary word;

Appears 14 times in Scripture

Matthew 21:14

“The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.”

Matthew 18:8

“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.”

Luke 7:22

“So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: 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.”

Matthew 15:30

“Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.”

Luke 14:21

“The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’”

Mark 9:45

“If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.”

Matthew 15:31

“The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.”

Matthew 11:5

“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.”

John 5:3

“On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.”

Acts 3:2

“And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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