5 occurrences

'Lame' in the Bible

Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the report of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened that in her hurry to flee, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

Verse ConceptsCripplesAccidentsFeetdisabilitiesLamenessNursesSuffering, Causes OfPeople TumblingHurt And Betrayalsaul

Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to David, “You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away”; thinking, “David cannot enter here.”

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesZion, As A PlaceEntering Cities

David said on that day, “Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul, through the water tunnel.” Therefore they say, “The blind or the lame shall not come into the house.”

Verse ConceptsZion, As A PlaceOld SayingsHating PeoplesWater Channel

So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king’s table regularly. Now he was lame in both feet.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History Of

So he answered, “O my lord, the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.

Verse ConceptsBackPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysThose Who Deceived

Bible Theasaurus

Cripple (4 instances)
Crippled (21 instances)
Drooping (1 instance)
Feeble (165 instances)
Frail (15 instances)
Halting (8 instances)
Imperfect (6 instances)
Incomplete (4 instances)
Square (102 instances)
Wound (67 instances)

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