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Lexicon :: Strong's G5465 - chalaō

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χαλάω
Transliteration
chalaō (Key)
Pronunciation
khal-ah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of χάσμα (G5490)
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Strong’s Definitions

χαλάω chaláō, khal-ah'-o; from the base of G5490; to lower (as into a void):—let down, strike.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G5465 in the following manner: let down (6x), strike (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G5465 in the following manner: let down (6x), strike (1x).

  1. to loosen, slacken, relax

  2. to let down from a higher place to a lower

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χαλάω chaláō, khal-ah'-o; from the base of G5490; to lower (as into a void):—let down, strike.
STRONGS G5465:
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, Mark 2:4; Luke 5:4; Acts 27:17, 30 (in these last two passages in a nautical sense, to lower); τινα ἐν συριδιδ, Acts 9:25; passive, 2 Corinthians 11:33.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
2:4
Luke
5:4
Acts
9:25; 27:17; 27:30
2 Corinthians
11:33

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5465 matches the Greek χαλάω (chalaō),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:4 - And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:4 - When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:5 - But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:25 - Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a large basket.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17 - When they had taken it on board, they used cables to undergird the ship; and fearing lest they should run aground on the Syrtis[fn] Sands, they struck sail and so were driven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:30 - And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, when they had let down the skiff into the sea, under pretense of putting out anchors from the prow,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:33 - but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.
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