McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Halt

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Halt


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( öֶìִò , ÷ùëüò ), lame on the feet or legs (Gen_32:31; Psa_38:17; Jer_20:10; Mic_4:6; Mic_7:1; Zep_3:19). Many persons who were halt were cured by our Lord. SEE LAME.To halt between two opinions ( ëָּñִç 1Ki_18:21), should, perhaps, be to stagger from one to the other repeatedly; but some say it is an allusion to birds, who hop from spray to spray, forwards and backwards, as the contrary influence of supposed convictions vibrated the mind in alternate affirmation and doubtfulness.