Category:Halt

Halt,

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

halt Halt, n. Etym: [Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr. halten to hold. See Hold.]

Defn: A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress. Without any halt they marched. Clarendon.

halt Halt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Halted; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.]

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 18:21

halt Halt, v. t. (Mil.)

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

halt Halt, a. Etym: [AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel. haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.]

Defn: Halting or stopping in walking; lame. Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Luke 14:21.

halt Halt, n.

Defn: The act of limping; lameness.

halt Halt, v. i. Etym: [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See Halt, a.]

1. To walk lamely; to limp.

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

- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Halt - Lame on the feet (Genesis 32:31; Psalms 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 (1 Kings 18:26). It indicates a lame, uncertain gait, going now in one direction, now in another, in the frenzy of wild leaping.