Halt

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Χωλός (Strong'S #5560 — Adjective — cholos — kho-los' )

"lame," is translated "halt" in  Matthew 18:8;  Mark 9:45;  John 5:3; in  Acts 14:8 , "cripple;" in  Luke 14:21 , AV, "halt," RV, "lame;" elsewhere, "lame,"  Matthew 11:5;  15:30,31;  21:14 :  Luke 7:22;  14:13;  Acts 3:2;  8:7;  Hebrews 12:13; some mss. have it in  Acts 3:11 (AV, "the lame man"), RV, "he," translating autou, as in the best texts.

 Matthew 18:8Maimed

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( v. t.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.

(2): ( a.) To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.

(3): ( v. i.) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.

(4): ( a.) Halting or stopping in walking; lame.

(5): ( a.) To walk lamely; to limp.

(6): ( v. i.) To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

(7): 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

(8): ( n.) A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.

(9): ( n.) The act of limping; lameness.

King James Dictionary

HALT,

1. To stop in walking to hold. In military affairs, the true sense is retained, to stop in a march. The army halted at noon. 2. To limp that is, to stop with lameness. 3. To hesitate to stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do.

How long halt ye between two opinions?  1 Kings 18 .

4. To fail to falter as a halting sonnet.

HALT, To stop to cause to cease marching a military term. The general halted his troops for refreshment.

HALT, a. Lame that is, holding or stopping in walking.

Bring hither the poor, the maimed,the halt, and the blind.  Luke 14 .

HALT, n. A stopping a stop in marching.

The troops made a halt at the bridge.

1. The act of limping.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

HALT . This Eng. word is used (1) literally, as a verb ‘to be lame, to limp,’ or as an adj. ‘lame.’ Cf. Tindale’s tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of   Matthew 11:5 ‘The blynd se, the halt goo, the lepers are clensed.’ Or (2) figuratively ‘to stumble, fail,’ as   Jeremiah 20:10 ‘All my familiars watched for my halting.’ From this comes the meaning (3) ‘to be undecided, waver,’   1 Kings 18:21 ‘How long halt [lit. ‘limp,’ as on unequal legs] ye between two opinions?’ The Revisers have introduced (4) the mod. meaning ‘to stop,’   Isaiah 10:32 ‘This very day shall he halt at Nob.’

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Matthew 18:8 Mark 9:45 Luke 14:21 John 5:3

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 32:31 Psalm 38:17 1 Kings 18:21

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( צֶלִע , Χωλός ), Lame on the feet or legs ( Genesis 32:31;  Psalms 38:17;  Jeremiah 20:10;  Micah 4:6;  Micah 7:1;  Zephaniah 3:19). Many persons who were halt were cured by our Lord. (See Lame).To halt between two opinions ( כָּסִח  1 Kings 18:21), should, perhaps, be to stagger from one to the other repeatedly; but some say it is an allusion to birds, who hop from spray to spray, forwards and backwards, as the contrary influence of supposed convictions vibrated the mind in alternate affirmation and doubtfulness.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hôlt צלע cāla‛ χωλός chōlós   Genesis 32:31  Micah 4:6 Micah 4:7 Zephaniah 3:19 Luke 14:21 1 Kings 18:21 pāṣaḥ