Topic
Hale; Haling
2 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Luke 12:58ISBE
¶ When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
- Acts 8:3ISBE
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
hal, hal'-ing (OE halen): "To pull" or drag, the King James Version translation of suro, "to draw or drag" (Ac 8:3, "haling men and women," the American Standard Revised Version "dragging"), and of katasuro, "to drag down" or "force along" (Lu 12:58, "lest he hale thee to the judge," the American Standard Revised Version "lest haply he drag thee unto the judge"). A more frequent modern form is "haul."
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.