Cripple
Abject • Impotence • Impotent • Powerlessness
CRIPPLE
CRIPPLE<krip’-’-l> ([χωλός, cholos]): 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
ABJECT
ABJECT<ab’-jekt>: Only as a noun, and but once (Psalm 35:15) for [nekheh], literally, “smitten ones,” i.e. “men of the lowest grade” (Hengstenberg, Delitzsch), “the rabble,” defined by the succeeding clause as those of such inferior station that they were unknown.
Impotence
IMPOTENCE.—The single instance of our Lord’s miracles specifically classified under this head is recorded in Jn 5:2–9, where the sufferer is described as ὁ ἀσθενῶν (AV ‘the impotent man,’ RV ‘the sick man’). The features of the ease are its long continuance (for thirty-eight years); and the association
Impotent
IMPOTENT Lacking power, strength, or vigor; helpless. Impotence in the KJV never refers to sexual inability. Modern translations replace “impotent” with other terms: “cripple” (Acts 4:9 NIV); “disabled” (John 5:3 NIV); “invalid” (John 5:3 NRSV); “sick” (John 5:3, 7; Acts 4:9 NASB). Modern translations
Abject
abject. The plural form “abjects” (NIV “attackers”) is used by the KJV to describe some low outcasts who gathered together against the psalmist (Ps. 35:15). It renders the unique Hebrew word nēkîm (possibly from nākâ H5782, “to smite”), which is of doubtful meaning and may be corrupt (RSV “cripples”;
Cripple
CRIPPLE, krip´’l (χωλός, chōlós): Only occurs in Acts 14:8, denoting the congenitally lame man at Lystra. In AV (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.
Abject
ABJECT, abʹjekt: Only as a noun, and but once (Ps 35:15) for נֵכֶה, nēkheh, lit. “smitten ones,” i.e. “men of the lowest grade” (Hengstenberg, Delitzsch), “the rabble,” defined by the succeeding clause as those of such inferior station that they were unknown.