Lame on the feet (Genesis 32:31; Psalm 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.

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (v.) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

2. (n.) A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.

3. (v. i.) 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.

4. (v. i.) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.

5. (v. t.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.

6. (a.) Halting or stopping in walking; lame.

7. (n.) The act of limping; lameness.

8. (v.) To walk lamely; to limp.

9. (v.) To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.