lame
cholos describes persons with impaired walking, including those healed or invited among the needy, and is used figuratively once.
The term chiefly identifies people whose walking is impaired: they are healed, walk, are brought before Jesus, or are included among those invited to a banquet. In Hebrews 12:13, the neuter singular occurs in an exhortation about straight paths for the feet, where the APB presents the condition figuratively as something that may be healed.
Senses in use
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Persons impaired in walking · dominant
The forms identify people in scenes of need and healing. In Matthew 15:31 the APB renders the crowd as seeing “the lame walking,” while in Acts 3:2 it describes a man carried to the sacred-place door and in Luke 14:13 includes such people among those invited to a banquet.
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Figurative impaired condition · rare
In Hebrews 12:13, the nominative singular neuter form stands in the clause about making straight paths for the feet, so that “what is lame” may be healed rather than put out of joint. The surrounding exhortation gives this occurrence a figurative presentation rather than identifying a particular person.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly presents the term with “lame,” especially in healing and walking clauses; it also uses “what is lame” in Hebrews 12:13. These renderings confirm the clauses’ presentation rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every verse.