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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_106251" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' Swampy or low wet ground, often covered with brush or with thickets; bog. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (a.) Lame; halting. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (v. t.) To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame. </p> <p> '''(5):''' A rocky shallow in a stream; - a lumberman's term. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (v. t.) To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled. </p> | |||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59152" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59152" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Cripple]] n. G. A lame person primarily, one who creeps, halts or limps one who has lost, or never enjoyed the use of his limbs. Acts 14 . </p> <p> The word may signify one who is partially or totally disabled from using his limbs. </p> <p> See the blind beggar dance, the cripple sing. </p> <p> CRIPPLE, a. Lame. </p> <p> CRIPPLE, </p> 1. To lame to deprive of the use of the limbs, particularly of the legs and feet. 2. To disable to deprive of the power of exertion. We say, a fleet was crippled in the engagement. | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2680" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2680" /> == | ||
<p> '''''krip''''' ´''''''l''''' ( χωλός , <i> '''''chōlós''''' </i> ): 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. </p> | <p> ''''' krip ''''' ´' ''''' l ''''' ( χωλός , <i> ''''' chōlós ''''' </i> ): 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. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_35304" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_35304" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> ( '''''Χωλός''''' , lame, as elsewhere usually rendered, or "halt"), a person deprived of the use of the lower limbs ( Acts 14:8). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_106251"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/cripple Cripple from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_59152"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/cripple Cripple from King James Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_59152"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/cripple Cripple from King James Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_2680"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/cripple Cripple from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_2680"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/cripple Cripple from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 07:42, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): Swampy or low wet ground, often covered with brush or with thickets; bog.
(2): (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.
(3): (a.) Lame; halting.
(4): (v. t.) To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame.
(5): A rocky shallow in a stream; - a lumberman's term.
(6): (v. t.) To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled.
King James Dictionary [2]
Cripple n. G. A lame person primarily, one who creeps, halts or limps one who has lost, or never enjoyed the use of his limbs. Acts 14 .
The word may signify one who is partially or totally disabled from using his limbs.
See the blind beggar dance, the cripple sing.
CRIPPLE, a. Lame.
CRIPPLE,
1. To lame to deprive of the use of the limbs, particularly of the legs and feet. 2. To disable to deprive of the power of exertion. We say, a fleet was crippled in the engagement.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
krip ´' l ( χωλός , chōlós ): 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.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
( Χωλός , lame, as elsewhere usually rendered, or "halt"), a person deprived of the use of the lower limbs ( Acts 14:8).
