Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Sound; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. 2. (n.) Welfare. 3. (v. t.) To call; to pull; to drag; to haul. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia HALE; HALING hal, hal'-ing (OE halen): "To pull" or drag, the King James Version translation of suro, "to draw or drag" (Acts 8:3, "haling men and women," the American Standard Revised Version "dragging"), and of katasuro, "to drag down" or "force along" (Luke 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."

Multi-Version Concordance Hale (1 Occurrence) Luke 12:58 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. (KJV)