Cripple
Bible Usage:
- cripple used once.
- Bible Reference: Acts 14:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G5560 Used 1 time
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Cripple
CRIPPLE, noun [G.] A lame person; primarily, one who creeps, halts or limps; one who has lost, or never enjoyed the use of his limbs. Acts 14:8.
The word may signify one who is partially or totally disabled from using his limbs.
See the blind beggar dance, the cripple sing.
CRIPPLE, adjective Lame.
CRIPPLE, verb transitive
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Crippled
CRIPPLED, participle passive Lamed; rendered impotent in the limbs; disabled.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Crippleness
CRIPPLENESS, noun Lameness.