ΧΩΛΑ, χωλα
CHŌLA, chōla
Sounds Like: KHO-lah
Translations: lame, a lame person, lame things, the lame
From the root: ΧΩΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone or something that is lame, meaning unable to walk properly due to injury or defect in the legs or feet. It can refer to a person or an animal. Metaphorically, it can describe something that is defective, incomplete, or limping along. In the provided context, 'τα χωλα' (ta chola) refers to 'the lame things' or 'the lame (animals/offerings)', often in the sense of defective sacrifices.
Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G5560 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Malachi — 1:13
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΩΛΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΧΩΛΑΙ — lame, crippled, halt, limping, lame ones, crippled ones
- ΧΩΛΟΙ — lame, crippled, a lame person, a crippled person
- ΧΩΛΟΝ — lame, a lame, crippled, a crippled
- ΧΩΛΟΣ — lame, crippled, a lame person, a crippled person
- ΧΩΛΟΥΣ — lame, crippled, a lame person, a crippled person
- ΧΩΛΩ — lame, crippled, a lame person, a crippled person
- ΧΩΛΩΝ — of the lame, of the crippled, of lame people, of crippled people
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