Halt

Lame on the feet (Gen. 32:31; Ps. 38:17). To “halt between two opinions” (1 Kings 18:21) is supposed by some to be an expression used in “allusion to birds, which hop from spray to spray, forwards and backwards.” The LXX. render the expression “How long go ye lame on both knees?” The Hebrew verb rendered “halt” is used of the irregular dance (“leaped upon”) around the altar (ver. 26). It indicates a lame, uncertain gait, going now in one direction, now in another, in the frenzy of wild leaping.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress. Without any halt they marched. Clarendon. [Lovers] soon in passion's war contest, Yet in their march soon make a halt. Davenant.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

The act of limping; lameness.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to h How long halt ye between two opinions 1 Kings xviii. 21

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To walk lamely; to limp.

2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective. The blank verse shall halt for it. Shak.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Halting or stopping in walking; lame. Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Luke xiv. 21.