KJV Dictionary Definition: halt

halt

HALT, v.i.

1. To stop in walking; to hold. In military affairs, the true sense is retained, to stop in a march. The army halted at noon.

2. To limp; that is, to stop with lameness.

3. To hesitate; to stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do.

How long halt ye between two opinions? 1 Kings 18.

4. To fail; to falter; as a halting sonnet.

HALT, v.t. To stop; to cause to cease marching; a military term. The general halted his troops for refreshment.

HALT, a. Lame; that is, holding or stopping in walking.

Bring hither the poor, the maimed,the halt, and the blind. Luke 14.

HALT, n. A stopping; a stop in marching.

The troops made a halt at the bridge.

1. The act of limping.

halting

HALT'ING, ppr. Stopping; limping.

haltingly

HALT'INGLY, adv. With limping; slowly.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

For a complete Scripture study system, try SwordSearcher Bible Software, which includes the unabridged version of this dictionary. Once you experience the swiftness and ease-of-use SwordSearcher gives you right on your own computer, combined with the most powerful search features available, you will never want to use the web to do online study again. Includes tens of thousands of topical, encyclopedic, dictionary, and commentary entries all linked to verses, fully searchable by topic or verse reference.

Learn more about Bible versions