χωλός chōlos
Greek word for “lame” · Strong’s G5560 · used 14 times in 14 verses
Meaning
χωλός, -ή, -όν; lame, halt, maimed: 15:30-31 18:8 21:14, 14:13, 21, 8:7 14:8.†;
How it is translated
Glosses given for chōlos in context, with how often each is used:
- lame 14
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Matthew 15 (2), Luke 14 (2), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 18 (1), Matthew 21 (1), Mark 9 (1), Luke 7 (1), John 5 (1), Acts 3 (1), Acts 8 (1)
Forms
- χωλοὶ 4
- χωλὸν 3
- χωλούς 2
- χωλοὺς 2
- χωλὸς 2
- χωλῶν 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chōlos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- τυφλός tuphlos “blind” 8
- κωφός kōphos “deaf/mute” 4
- κυλλός kullos “crippled” 3
- πούς pous “foot” 5
- πτωχός ptōchos “poor” 4
- περιπατέω peripateō “to walk” 4
- ἀνάπηρος anapēros “crippled” 2
- θεραπεύω therapeuō “to serve/heal” 3
- λεπρός lepros “leprous” 2
- κοιλία koilia “belly/womb/stomach” 2
- ἀναβλέπω anablepō “to look up/again” 2
- σκανδαλίζω skandalizō “to cause to stumble” 2
Key verses
The verses using chōlos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 11:5 — 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…
- Matthew 15:30 — And 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…
- Matthew 15:31 — Insomuch 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…
- Matthew 18:8 — Wherefore 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…
- Matthew 21:14 — And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
- Luke 7:22 — Then 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…
- Luke 14:13 — But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
- Luke 14:21 — So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes…
- Acts 3:2 — And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that…
- Acts 8:7 — For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
- Acts 14:8 — And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
- Hebrews 12:13 — And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
See all 14 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.