Chōlos χωλός

Chōlos (Greek χωλός, Strong's G5560) is a Greek adjective meaning “lame”. It occurs 15 times in 15 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Disability

Verses

Every verse with Chōlos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• 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 them.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
  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 healed them: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.
• 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 God of Israel.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 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 having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.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.
• Matthew 21:14
  And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

Mark

• Mark 9:45
  And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: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.

Luke

• 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 cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.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.
• Luke 14:13
  But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and 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 of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.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.’

John

• John 5:3
  In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

Acts

• 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 entered into the temple;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.
• Acts 3:11
  And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
• 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.With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and 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:In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

Hebrews

• 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.Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).