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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 4 times in 4 verses in the LXX Greek.

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