Strong's Lexicon
G5465
G5465 — χαλάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5465 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χαλάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from the base of G5490 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | chalao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khal-ah'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to lower (as into a void) |
| KJV Renderings: | let down, strike |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χαλάω, χάλω; future χαλάσω; 1 aorist ἐχάλασα; 1 aorist passive, ἐχαλάσθην; from Aeschylus and Pindar down;
a. to loosen, slacken, relax.
b. to let down from a higher place to a lower: τί or τινα, Mar 2:4; Luk 5:4; Act 27:17; Act 27:30 (in these last two passages in a nautical sense, to lower); τινα ἐν συριδιδ, Act 9:25; passive, 2Co 11:33.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
χαλάω (let down)
Mark 2:4
- KJV: And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press they uncovered the roof where he was and when they had broken up they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay
- GK: και μη δυνάμενοι προσεγγίσαι αυτώ διά τον όχλον απεστέγασαν την στέγην όπου ην και εξορύξαντες χαλώσι τον κράββατον εφ΄ ω ο παραλυτικός κατέκειτο
Luke 5:4
- KJV: Now when he had left speaking he said unto Simon Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a draught
- GK: ως δε επαύσατο λαλών είπε προς τον Σίμωνα επανάγαγε εις το βάθος και χαλάσατε τα δίκτυα υμών εις άγραν
Luke 5:5
- KJV: And Simon answering said unto him Master we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net
- GK: και αποκριθείς ο Σίμων είπεν αυτώ επιστάτα δι΄ όλης της νυκτός κοπιάσαντες ουδέν ελάβομεν επί δε τω ρήματί σου χαλάσω το δίκτυον
Acts 9:25
- KJV: Then the disciples took him by night and let down by the wall in a basket
- GK: λαβόντες δε αυτόν οι μαθηταί νυκτός καθήκαν διά του τείχους χαλάσαντες εν σπυρίδι
Acts 27:17
- KJV: Which when they had taken up they used helps undergirding the ship and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands strake sail and so were driven
- GK: ην άραντες βοηθείας εχρώντο υποζωννύντες το πλοίον φοβούμενοί τε μη εις την Σύρτιν εκπέσωσι χαλάσαντες το σκεύος ούτως εφέροντο
Acts 27:30
- KJV: And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship when they had let down the boat into the sea under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship
- GK: των δε ναυτών ζητούντων φυγείν εκ του πλοίου και χαλασάντων την σκάφην εις την θάλασσαν προφάσει ως εκ πρώρας μελλόντων αγκύρας εκτείνειν
2 Corinthians 11:33
- KJV: And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall and escaped his hands
- GK: και διά θυρίδος εν σαργάνη εχαλάσθην διά του τείχους και εξέφυγον τας χείρας αυτού