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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.

2. (a.) Lame; halting.

3. (v. t.) To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame.

4. (v. t.) To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CRIPPLE

krip'-'-l (cholos): Only occurs in Acts 14:8, denoting the congenitally lame man at Lystra. In the King James Version (1611) the word is spelled "creeple." It originally meant one whose body is bent together as in the attitude of creeping. This was probably a case of infantile paralysis.

Greek

5560. cholos -- lame, halt, maimed
... lame. Apparently a primary word; "halt", ie Limping -- cripple, halt, lame. (choloi) --
4 Occurrences. (cholon) -- 3 Occurrences. (cholos) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5560.htm - 6k

Library

The Cripple at Lystra
... The Cripple at Lystra. A Sermon (No.559). by the. ... The people gather round them. Among
the rest a cripple listens with very marked attention. They preach again. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/the cripple at lystra.htm

The Praying Cripple.
... The Praying Cripple. I once knew a little cripple who lay upon her
death-bed. She had given herself to God, and was distressed only ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/the praying cripple.htm

Acts III
... curiosity of the benevolent in reference to the afflictions of those to whom they
minister, it was probably known to all that he had been a cripple from his ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts iii.htm

Preaching among the Heathen
... At one time, while Paul was telling the people of Christ's work as a healer of the
sick and afflicted, he saw among his hearers a cripple whose eyes were ...
/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 18 preaching among the.htm

At the Temple Gate
... Spirit, and immediately after a season of earnest prayer, Peter and John, going
up to the temple to worship, saw at the gate Beautiful a cripple, forty years ...
/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 6 at the temple.htm

Acts XIV
... in collecting a crowd in Lystra, they met with the following incident: (8) "A certain
man in Lystra was sitting, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his birth ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xiv.htm

One Day when Old Diamond was Standing with his Nose in his Bag ...
... "But you don't want it!". "Yes, I do want it.". "What do you do with it, then?".
"Give it to cripple Jim.". "Who's cripple Jim?". "A boy in the Row. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 19 one day when.htm

The Lame Man at the Temple Gate.
... This cripple had come to be content with the few coppers which would furnish his
supper and bed; all the great world with its pleasures, its enterprise, its ...
//christianbookshelf.org/dods/how to become like christ/the lame man at the.htm

The Cardinal was Still in his Room Alone with the Boy Manuel...
... Now make thy best bow to the Cardinal," went on Madame with a gasp for breath in
her voluble speech, addressing the little cripple"" And it is a pity them ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/vi the cardinal was still.htm

The Lame Man Cured by Peter and John.
... and John to encourage him to expect much from them, for in their dress and manner
they were evidently persons of the lowest rank; yet the cripple, as soon as ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture iv the lame man.htm

Thesaurus

Cripple (2 Occurrences)
...CRIPPLE. krip'-'-l (cholos): Only occurs in Acts 14:8, denoting the congenitally
lame man at Lystra. ... Multi-Version Concordance Cripple (2 Occurrences). ...
/c/cripple.htm - 7k

Crippled (15 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Cripple. ... Acts 14:8 At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his
feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked. (See NIV). ...
/c/crippled.htm - 11k

Impotent (5 Occurrences)
... and derivatives of it are used in John 5:3, 7 the King James Version and Acts
4:9 to characterize the paralyzed man at Bethesda and the cripple at the Temple ...
/i/impotent.htm - 9k

Mutilate (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To disfigure; to cripple; to deprive an
important part. 2. (a.) Having finlike appendages or flukes ...
/m/mutilate.htm - 7k

Lystra (6 Occurrences)
... 2. Worship of Paul and Barnabas: After Paul had healed a life-long cripple at Lystra,
the native population (the "multitude" of Acts 14:11) regarded him and ...
/l/lystra.htm - 14k

Lame (35 Occurrences)
... 21:14 Luke 7:22; Luke 14:13. For the apostolic miracles of healing the lame,
see CRIPPLE. In Hebrews 12:13 the Christians are counseled ...
/l/lame.htm - 21k

Womb (84 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS). Acts 14:8 At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in
his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked. ...
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Walked (178 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Acts 14:8 At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple
from his mother's womb, who never had walked. (WEB ...
/w/walked.htm - 38k

Maim (4 Occurrences)
... himself or to annoy his adversary. 2. (vt) To mutilate; to cripple; to injure;
to disable; to impair. 3. (n.) The privation of the ...
/m/maim.htm - 8k

Mother's (102 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS). Acts 14:8 At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his
feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked. ...
/m/mother's.htm - 39k

Bible Concordance

Cripple (2 Occurrences)

Acts 4:9 if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,
(Root in WEB RSV NIV)

Acts 14:8 At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Cripple

Related Terms

Crippled (15 Occurrences)

Impotent (5 Occurrences)

Mutilate (3 Occurrences)

Lystra (6 Occurrences)

Lame (35 Occurrences)