Strong G2524καθίημι
to lower
- Transliteration
- kathiēmi
- Pronunciation
- kath-ee'-ay-mee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2596 and ἵημι hiēmi (to send); to lower: - let down.
Detailed definition
καθ-ίημι
[in LXX: Exo.17:11 (נוּחַ hi.), and seel., 1Ch.21:27, Zec.11:13, Jer.32:14 *;]
to send or let down: before εἰς, Luk.5:19; διά, with genitive, ib., Act.9:25; ptcp., before ἐπί, with genitive, Act.10:11; ἐκ, Act.11:5.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Exo.17:11 (נוּחַ hi.), and seel., 1Ch.21:27, Zec.11:13, Jer.32:14 *;]
to send or let down: before εἰς, Luk.5:19; διά, with genitive, ib., Act.9:25; ptcp., before ἐπί, with genitive, Act.10:11; ἐκ, Act.11:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2524 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- let4
- down1
First verses
- Luke 5:19And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
- Acts 9:25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
- Acts 10:11And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
- Acts 11:5I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καθίημι,
Ionic dialect κατ-, future καθήσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 555 (Lyric poetry):)]aorist 1 καθῆκα, Epic dialect καθέηκα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.642)]: 2nd pers. dual aorist 2 κάθετον [Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 487)]: perfect καθεῖκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysippus Comicus 1, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.46: (see. ἵημι))]:—let fall, drop, send down, κὰδ δὲ [κεραυνὸν].. ἧκε Χαμᾶζε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.134; κατὰ δ᾽ ὑψόθεν ἧκεν ἐέρσας 11.53)]; οἶνον λαυκανίης καθέηκα I have sent the wine down my throat, [Refs (24.642)]; καθίετε ἵππους ἐν δίνῃσι sink them in the stream, as an offering to the river-god, [Refs (21.132)]; [ἱστία] ἐς νῆας κάθεμεν we let them down, lowered them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.72; λαῖφος καθήσειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eu.”)] [same place]; σχοίνῳ σπυρίδα κ. let it down by a cord, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.16)]; σῶμα πύργων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1011)]; κοντὸν ἐς [τὴν λίμνην] κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.195; ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἅλα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1614)]; ὅπλα εἰς ἅλἀ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1375; καθεῖσαν δέλεάρ μοι φρενῶν [prev. author] “IT” 1181 (so _metaphorically_ τοῦτον τὸν λόγον καθεῖκε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.46); κ. τι ἐς πῶμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1034; νάρθηκ᾽ ἐς πέδον [prev. author] “Ba.” 706)]; κ. σπονδάς pour them, [Refs ([prev. author] “IA” 60)]; τὸν κλῆρον ἐς μέσον καθείς, of putting lots into a helmet or urn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1285; ἄγκυραν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.36; τὰ δίκτυα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 533b18)]; κατιεμένην καταπειρητηρίην, of a sounding-line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28: _absolutely_, καθιέναι)] reach by sounding, sound, οὐδεὶς καθεὶς ἐδυνήθη πέρας εὑρεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 351a13: in Medicine texts, [αὐλίσκον])] pass a catheter, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “de renum et vesicae affectionibus” 7.11)]; οἵαν πρόφασιν καθῆκε (παρὰ προσδοκίαν for οἷον ἄγκιστρον) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 174)]; λόγους συμβατηρίους κ. make offers of peace, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 41.47)]; κ. πεῖραν make an attempt, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.13, “NA” 1.57)]; εἰς ὤμους κ. κόμας let one's hair flow loose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 695, compare “IT” 52)]; κ. πώγωνα let one's beard grow long, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 100, compare “Th.” 841, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.23.21)] (passive, τὰς τρίχας καθειμέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 27; πώγωνα καθειμένος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 10; τὸ γένειον αὐτῷ καθεῖτο 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 11.10))]; [αἱ ὄϊες] μείζω τὰ οὔθατα καθιᾶσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 596a24)] (passive, of a mare's udder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.2))]; also τείχη καθεῖναι ἐς θάλασσαν carry them down to the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.52)] (passive, καθεῖτο τείχη [Refs (4.103))]; καθῆκε τὰ σκέλη let down his legs, of one who had been lying, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61c)]; κατ᾽ ἀμφοῖν ἄμφω (i.e. τὰ σκέλη) καθέντος, of a wrestler, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.143)]; κ. δόρατα let down one's pike, bring it to the rest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.25)]; κ. τὰς κώπας let down the oars, so as to stop the ship's way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.91)]; rarely of striking, δι᾽ ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1413; καθῆκε ξύλον παιδὸς ἐς κάρα [prev. author] “HF” 993)]; κ. πρὸς γαῖαν γόνυ to kneel down, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 561; ἐς δὲ γῆν γόνυ καμάτῳ καθεῖσαν [prev. author] “IT” 333)]; κ. τινὰ ἐς ὕπνον let him fall asleep, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HF” 1006; εἰς κίνδυνον ἐμαυτόν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.27)]; [πώλους] ἐς λειμώνων Χλόην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 423)]; of a general, κ. στρατόπεδα εἰς.. let them march into.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.70.11; εἰς τὸ πεδίον τὴν δύναμιν [prev. author] 3.92.7)]; κ. ἐπί τινας τόπους ἐνέδρας lay an ambush, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.63.9)]:—passive, stretch down seawards, ὄρεα μέχρι πρὸς τὴν θάλατταν καθειμένα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 118a; ἕως γῆς τοῦ πρηστῆρος καθιεμένου 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.47U., compare p.51)] U.; τὸ καθειμένον τῆς φωνῆς low tone of voice, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 5.2.3.)]
2 send down into the arena, enter for racing, ἅρματα, ζεύγη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 16.34)]; of plays, produce, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus cited in Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 552 (_passive_))]; διδασκαλίαν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 8)]; so ἔδοξε τοῖς πρυτάνεσι.. γνώμας καθεῖναι (Comedy texts for προθεῖναι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 397)]; κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν λογοποιοὺς κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.15)]: frequently in later Greek in a general sense, set in motion, employ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 7.4; κ. ἔς τινας ὑποψίας 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.38)]; φίλους καὶ ῥήτορας κ. employ them, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 7, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.42)]:—passive, to be put in motion, ἡ στρατηλασίη κατίετο ἐς πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.138.)]
3 allow to return from exile, φυγάδας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.20.)]
II intransitive, swoop down like a wind, λαμπρὸς καὶ μέγας καθιείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 430)]; of rivers, run down, ἑκατέρωσε μέχρι τοῦ μέσου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 112e)]; κ. εἰς γόνυ sink on the knee, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 45)]; κ. εἰς ἀγῶνα, Latin descendere in arenam, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 2.616d, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 6)]; κ. ἐς Ῥόδον arrive there, variant for{κατῆγεν}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 5.17.2.)]
Ionic dialect κατ-, future καθήσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 555 (Lyric poetry):)]aorist 1 καθῆκα, Epic dialect καθέηκα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.642)]: 2nd pers. dual aorist 2 κάθετον [Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 487)]: perfect καθεῖκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysippus Comicus 1, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.46: (see. ἵημι))]:—let fall, drop, send down, κὰδ δὲ [κεραυνὸν].. ἧκε Χαμᾶζε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.134; κατὰ δ᾽ ὑψόθεν ἧκεν ἐέρσας 11.53)]; οἶνον λαυκανίης καθέηκα I have sent the wine down my throat, [Refs (24.642)]; καθίετε ἵππους ἐν δίνῃσι sink them in the stream, as an offering to the river-god, [Refs (21.132)]; [ἱστία] ἐς νῆας κάθεμεν we let them down, lowered them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.72; λαῖφος καθήσειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eu.”)] [same place]; σχοίνῳ σπυρίδα κ. let it down by a cord, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.16)]; σῶμα πύργων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1011)]; κοντὸν ἐς [τὴν λίμνην] κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.195; ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἅλα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1614)]; ὅπλα εἰς ἅλἀ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1375; καθεῖσαν δέλεάρ μοι φρενῶν [prev. author] “IT” 1181 (so _metaphorically_ τοῦτον τὸν λόγον καθεῖκε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.46); κ. τι ἐς πῶμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1034; νάρθηκ᾽ ἐς πέδον [prev. author] “Ba.” 706)]; κ. σπονδάς pour them, [Refs ([prev. author] “IA” 60)]; τὸν κλῆρον ἐς μέσον καθείς, of putting lots into a helmet or urn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1285; ἄγκυραν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.36; τὰ δίκτυα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 533b18)]; κατιεμένην καταπειρητηρίην, of a sounding-line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28: _absolutely_, καθιέναι)] reach by sounding, sound, οὐδεὶς καθεὶς ἐδυνήθη πέρας εὑρεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 351a13: in Medicine texts, [αὐλίσκον])] pass a catheter, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “de renum et vesicae affectionibus” 7.11)]; οἵαν πρόφασιν καθῆκε (παρὰ προσδοκίαν for οἷον ἄγκιστρον) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 174)]; λόγους συμβατηρίους κ. make offers of peace, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 41.47)]; κ. πεῖραν make an attempt, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.13, “NA” 1.57)]; εἰς ὤμους κ. κόμας let one's hair flow loose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 695, compare “IT” 52)]; κ. πώγωνα let one's beard grow long, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 100, compare “Th.” 841, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.23.21)] (passive, τὰς τρίχας καθειμέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 27; πώγωνα καθειμένος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 10; τὸ γένειον αὐτῷ καθεῖτο 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 11.10))]; [αἱ ὄϊες] μείζω τὰ οὔθατα καθιᾶσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 596a24)] (passive, of a mare's udder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.2))]; also τείχη καθεῖναι ἐς θάλασσαν carry them down to the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.52)] (passive, καθεῖτο τείχη [Refs (4.103))]; καθῆκε τὰ σκέλη let down his legs, of one who had been lying, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61c)]; κατ᾽ ἀμφοῖν ἄμφω (i.e. τὰ σκέλη) καθέντος, of a wrestler, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.143)]; κ. δόρατα let down one's pike, bring it to the rest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.25)]; κ. τὰς κώπας let down the oars, so as to stop the ship's way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.91)]; rarely of striking, δι᾽ ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1413; καθῆκε ξύλον παιδὸς ἐς κάρα [prev. author] “HF” 993)]; κ. πρὸς γαῖαν γόνυ to kneel down, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 561; ἐς δὲ γῆν γόνυ καμάτῳ καθεῖσαν [prev. author] “IT” 333)]; κ. τινὰ ἐς ὕπνον let him fall asleep, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HF” 1006; εἰς κίνδυνον ἐμαυτόν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.27)]; [πώλους] ἐς λειμώνων Χλόην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 423)]; of a general, κ. στρατόπεδα εἰς.. let them march into.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.70.11; εἰς τὸ πεδίον τὴν δύναμιν [prev. author] 3.92.7)]; κ. ἐπί τινας τόπους ἐνέδρας lay an ambush, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.63.9)]:—passive, stretch down seawards, ὄρεα μέχρι πρὸς τὴν θάλατταν καθειμένα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 118a; ἕως γῆς τοῦ πρηστῆρος καθιεμένου 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.47U., compare p.51)] U.; τὸ καθειμένον τῆς φωνῆς low tone of voice, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 5.2.3.)]
2 send down into the arena, enter for racing, ἅρματα, ζεύγη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 16.34)]; of plays, produce, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus cited in Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 552 (_passive_))]; διδασκαλίαν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 8)]; so ἔδοξε τοῖς πρυτάνεσι.. γνώμας καθεῖναι (Comedy texts for προθεῖναι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 397)]; κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν λογοποιοὺς κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.15)]: frequently in later Greek in a general sense, set in motion, employ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 7.4; κ. ἔς τινας ὑποψίας 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.38)]; φίλους καὶ ῥήτορας κ. employ them, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 7, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.42)]:—passive, to be put in motion, ἡ στρατηλασίη κατίετο ἐς πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.138.)]
3 allow to return from exile, φυγάδας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.20.)]
II intransitive, swoop down like a wind, λαμπρὸς καὶ μέγας καθιείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 430)]; of rivers, run down, ἑκατέρωσε μέχρι τοῦ μέσου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 112e)]; κ. εἰς γόνυ sink on the knee, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 45)]; κ. εἰς ἀγῶνα, Latin descendere in arenam, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 2.616d, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 6)]; κ. ἐς Ῥόδον arrive there, variant for{κατῆγεν}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 5.17.2.)]