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halt lame, limping
Not stopping. The crowd at Bethesda in John 5:3 is blind, halt and withered — the lame. Elijah's "how long halt ye between two opinions" pictures limping between them.
Means: lame, limpingIn the KJV: 11 timesStill in use, different meaning
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All 11 verses.
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
Common questions
What does "halt" mean in the Bible?
In the King James Version halt means lame, limping. Not stopping. The crowd at Bethesda in John 5:3 is blind, halt and withered — the lame. Elijah's "how long halt ye between two opinions" pictures limping between them.
How many times does "halt" appear in the King James Version?
11 times, counting its other forms (halt 6 times, halted 2 times, halteth 2 times, halting 1 time).
What Hebrew word is behind "halt"?
Most often צָלַע (tsâlaʻ), Strong's H6760, meaning to limp (as if one-sided).
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