Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.
2. (n.) A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
3. (n.) A knee, or piece of knee timber
4. (n.) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.
5. (v. t.) To support on crutches; to prop up.
Strong's Hebrew
6418. pelek -- whorl of a spindle, a district... distaff, participle. From an unused root meaning to be round; a circuit (ie District);
also a spindle (as whirled); hence, a
crutch -- (di-)staff, participle.
... /hebrew/6418.htm - 6kLibrary
The Cardinal was Still in his Room Alone with the Boy Manuel...
... with him now.". Little Fabien Doucet, leaning on his crutch, looked up with
interest. "Is he lame like me?" he asked. "No, child," replied ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/vi the cardinal was still.htm
Answers to Prayer
... together irregularly. Her hip-joint was stiff, so that she was never able
to walk without the support of a cane or crutch. For eight ...
//christianbookshelf.org/various/the wonders of prayer/answers to prayer.htm
The Mystery of Personality
... While it was inevitable that some people should use him as a crutch or should let
him do their climbing for them, the truth of the matter is that he was a ...
/.../herrick/frank h nelson of cincinnati/the mystery of personality.htm
Cast Your Eye Round the Room in which You Sit...
... post, partly to balance with like a balancing pole, partly to trifle with like a
cigarette, partly to kill with like a club of a giant; it is a crutch and a ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 17 cast your eye.htm
Spirit Alchemy.
... explaining things. Yet in the light of the recited facts the answer seems
rather lame. It needs a crutch to steady it up. He said ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/spirit alchemy.htm
Practical Observations.
... two thousand cubits on the Sabbath, to kill the most offensive kinds of vermin,
to write two letters of the alphabet, to use a wooden leg or a crutch, to carry ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/practical observations 10.htm
The Red Shoes
... By the church door stood an old invalid soldier with a crutch and a long beard;
the beard was rather red than white, for it was red altogether; and he bowed ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the red shoes.htm
Pilgrims of the Victorious Life
... Here is a true story. Mrs. B"" is a cripple woman who walks with a crutch.
Years ago she was converted and later was wholly sanctified. ...
/.../berry/adventures in the land of canaan/chapter thirteen pilgrims of the.htm
"He Has Trusted Me," Said the Cardinal, -- "I have Found Him...
... with a bent spine, and one useless leg which hung limply from his body, while he
could scarcely hobble about on the other, even with the aid of a crutch. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/corelli/the master-christian/v he has trusted me.htm
Of Scoffing and Derision.
... 4. But alas, many of us would rather put a stumbling block in the way of the Blind,
pull away the Crutch from the Lame, that we may sport ourselves to see them ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section vii of scoffing and.htm
Thesaurus
Crutch (1 Occurrence)... up. Multi-Version Concordance
Crutch (1 Occurrence). 2 Samuel 3:29 Let it
fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house.
.../c/crutch.htm - 7kPotent (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (n.) A prince; a potentate. 5. (n.) A staff or crutch. 6. (n.) One of
the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed ...
/p/potent.htm - 7k
Crust (3 Occurrences)
/c/crust.htm - 8k
Cry (431 Occurrences)
/c/cry.htm - 46k
Bible Concordance
Crutch (1 Occurrence)2 Samuel 3:29 Let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house. Let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread."
(See NIV)
Subtopics
Crutch
Related Terms
Potent (1 Occurrence)
Crust (3 Occurrences)
Cry (431 Occurrences)
Links
Bible Concordance •
Bible Dictionary •
Bible Encyclopedia •
Topical Bible •
Bible Thesuarus