Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled. 2. (a.) Lame; halting. 3. (v. t.) To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame. 4. (v. t.) To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia CRIPPLE krip'-'-l (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 paralysis.

Multi-Version Concordance Cripple (2 Occurrences) Acts 4:9 if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, (Root in WEB RSV NIV) Acts 14:8 At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked. (WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV NIV)