Matthew 18:8

χείρ, πούς : mentioned together as instruments of violence. καλόν … ἢ : the positive for the comparative, or ἢ used in sense of magis quam. Raphel and Kypke cite instances of this use from classics. It may be an imitation of Hebrew usage, in which the comparative is expressed by the positive, followed by the preposition min. “A rare classical usage tends to become frequent in Hellenistic Greek if it be found to correspond to a common Hebrew idiom” (Carr, in Camb. N. T.). κυλλὸν : with reference to hand, mutilated; wanting one or both hands. χωλόν : in a similar condition regarding the feet (cf. Matthew 11:5; Matthew 15:30).