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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 get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him; and when they had made an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:4 - And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, "Put 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 - And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:25 - but his disciples took him by night and let him down over the wall, lowering him in a basket.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17 - after hoisting it up, they took measures to undergird the ship; then, fearing that they should run on the Syr'tis, they lowered the gear, 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, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow,

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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 his hands.
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