Strong G5465χαλάω
to lower
- Transliteration
- chalaō
- Pronunciation
- khal-ah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From the base of G5490; to lower (as into a void): - let down strike.
Detailed definition
χαλάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: (Jer.38:6) (שָׁלַח pi.), etc.;]
__(a) to slacken, loosen;
__(b) to let loose, let go;
__(with) to lower, let down: with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.2:4, Luk.5:4-5, Act.9:25 27:17, 30; with accusative of person(s) (cf. Je, l.with), pass., 2Co.11:33.†
(AS)
[in LXX: (Jer.38:6) (שָׁלַח pi.), etc.;]
__(a) to slacken, loosen;
__(b) to let loose, let go;
__(with) to lower, let down: with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.2:4, Luk.5:4-5, Act.9:25 27:17, 30; with accusative of person(s) (cf. Je, l.with), pass., 2Co.11:33.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5465 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- let5
- down1
- strake1
First verses
- Mark 2:4And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
- Luke 5:4Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
- Luke 5:5And 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.
- Acts 9:25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
- Acts 27:17Which 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.
- Acts 27:30And 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,
- 2 Corinthians 11:33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
χᾰλάω,
[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 219, etc.)], Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural χαλόωσιν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 2.451)]; Aeolic dialect 3rd.pers. plural χόλαισι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 18.9 codices 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus:)]future χᾰλάσω [λᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 8, “Epid.” 7.80)]: aorist ἐχάλᾰσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 177 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.23, etc.)]; Epic dialect χάλασσα [Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 6)], plural subjunctive χαλάσσομεν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 23.10)]; Doric dialect participle χᾰλάξαις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.6)]; 3rd.pers. singular future or aorist subjunctive χαλάξει (uncertain meaning) [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.164 (from Cyrene))]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist χαλάσαντο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1264:)] —passive, aorist ἐχαλάσθην, subjunctive χᾰλασθῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 991, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86c)]: perfect κεχάλασμαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.297 (Antip.), 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μιθριδάτειος” 74, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.3.16)]: pluperfect ἐκεχάλαστο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.315J.)]
I transitive, slacken, loosen, χ. βιόν, τόξα, unstring the bow, [Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 6, “Hymni Homerici” 27.12)]; χ. τὰ νεῦρα, opposed to συντείνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 98d; χ. τὸν πόδα, of a ship, see at {πούς} II.2: _metaphorically_, τὰ τῆς πολιτείας χ., opposed to ἐπιτείνειν, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.827b:)] —passive, opposed to ἐπιτείνεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86c, 94c; χαλᾶσθαι καὶ διαφθείρεσθαι [prev. author] “Lg.” 653c; χαλᾶσθαι ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Marcellam - Porphyrii Opuscula” 7.)]
I.2 let down, let fall, πτέρυγα χαλάξαις Pi.[same place]; χαλάσας ὀλίγον τὸ μέτωπον having unbent the brow, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 655 (_anapaest meter_))]; μαστοὺς χάλασον, says the Cyclops to his ewe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 55 (Lyric poetry))]; κράββατον, δίκτυα χ., [NT (NT.Mark.2.4, NT.Luke.5.5; τὴν ἱερὰν ἄγκυραν 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]; dip in a liquid, εἰς αἷμα [Refs (“PMag.Par.” 1.2886)]; soak, [Refs (PHolm. 14.33:)] —middle, ἱστὸν χαλάσαντο lowered it, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1264.)]
I.3 let loose, release, τινὰ ἐκ δεσμῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 177 (_anapaest meter_))]; absolutely, let go, slacken one's hold, μηδαμῇ χάλα [Refs ([prev. work] 58.)]
I.4 ἡνίας χ. slacken the reins, especially in metaphorically sense, χ. τὰς ἡνίας τοῖς λόγοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338a, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 409.)]
I.5 κλῇθρα χ. loose the bars or bolts, i.e. undo or open the door, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1187, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 808; κλῇδας [prev. author] “Med.” 1314; χ. τοὺς μοχλούς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 310; but also πύλας μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 879.)]
I.6 loosen or undo things drawn tightly together, χ. κρεμαστὴν ἀρτάνην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1266; χ. πᾶν κάλυμμ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν [prev. author] “El.” 1468; χ. δεσμά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 577; ἀσκόν [prev. author] “Cyc.” 161; τὸ στόμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.8)]:—passive, τὰ χαλώμενα ὅπλα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 43; πρὶν ἂν χαλασθῇ δεσμά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 991.)]
I.7 of the bowels, etc., ὑγρὰ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.99, compare “Coac.” 20; ἢν αἱ μῆτραι μὴ χαλάσωσι τὰ ἐπιμήνια [prev. author] “Mul.” 1.61.)]
I.8 metaphorically, τὴν ὀργήν χ. let it go, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 727 (_anapaest meter_); χ. [τὸν νόον] ἐς ὄψιν τινός 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 104c; χ. ἐπιθυμίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.133a; τὸ βαρὺ καὶ ἀμειδές 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.3)]; remit, μήτε τῆς προνοίας χαλώσης τὴν.. ὑπεροχήν [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 122)]; τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν relaxed the strict principle that.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242e)]:—passive, to be softened, λίθος εἰς ὑγρότητα κεχαλασμένος [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Callistratus Sophista “Statuarum descriptiones” 5)]; also κεχαλάσθαι εἰς τὸ αὐτεξούσιον to have free play, opposed to συντετάχθαι, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.3.16.)]
II intransitive, become slack or loose, opposed to συντείνω, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 98d; χόλαισιν ἄγκυρραι 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 18.9 (assuming variant); ζῶναι χαλῶσι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 935)]; πύλαι χαλῷσαι open gates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.29)]: metaphorically with genitive, have a remission of, χαλάσσομεν τὰς θυμοβόρω λύας [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 23.10; τί χαλᾷ μανιῶ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1057 (_anapaest meter_); (also _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 203 (Lyric poetry), 840))]; relax, φρονήματος χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 716; τῆς ὀργῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 383 (troch.); [τὸ ὂν] χαλάσαν τῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς ἁπλότητος 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 13.)]
II.2 with dative person, χ. τινι give way or yield to any one, be indulgent to him, εἰ τοῖσιν.. κτείνουσιν ἀλλήλους χαλᾷς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 219; χάλα τοκεῦσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 403; with _genitive_ add., μοι τῆς ἀρχῆς χάλασον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 86e, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 7)]: absolutely, give way, εἴκειν ὁδοῦ χαλῶντα τοῖς κακίοσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 637.)]
II.3 absolutely, grow slack or weak, ἐπειδὰν αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι παύσωνται κατατείνουσαι καὶ χαλάσωσι [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 329c)]; abate, χαλάσει ὁ παγετός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 8; ὀδύνη [prev. author] “Acut.” 16.)]
[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 219, etc.)], Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural χαλόωσιν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 2.451)]; Aeolic dialect 3rd.pers. plural χόλαισι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 18.9 codices 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus:)]future χᾰλάσω [λᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 8, “Epid.” 7.80)]: aorist ἐχάλᾰσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 177 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.23, etc.)]; Epic dialect χάλασσα [Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 6)], plural subjunctive χαλάσσομεν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 23.10)]; Doric dialect participle χᾰλάξαις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.6)]; 3rd.pers. singular future or aorist subjunctive χαλάξει (uncertain meaning) [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.164 (from Cyrene))]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist χαλάσαντο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1264:)] —passive, aorist ἐχαλάσθην, subjunctive χᾰλασθῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 991, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86c)]: perfect κεχάλασμαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.297 (Antip.), 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μιθριδάτειος” 74, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.3.16)]: pluperfect ἐκεχάλαστο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.315J.)]
I transitive, slacken, loosen, χ. βιόν, τόξα, unstring the bow, [Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 6, “Hymni Homerici” 27.12)]; χ. τὰ νεῦρα, opposed to συντείνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 98d; χ. τὸν πόδα, of a ship, see at {πούς} II.2: _metaphorically_, τὰ τῆς πολιτείας χ., opposed to ἐπιτείνειν, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.827b:)] —passive, opposed to ἐπιτείνεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86c, 94c; χαλᾶσθαι καὶ διαφθείρεσθαι [prev. author] “Lg.” 653c; χαλᾶσθαι ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Marcellam - Porphyrii Opuscula” 7.)]
I.2 let down, let fall, πτέρυγα χαλάξαις Pi.[same place]; χαλάσας ὀλίγον τὸ μέτωπον having unbent the brow, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 655 (_anapaest meter_))]; μαστοὺς χάλασον, says the Cyclops to his ewe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 55 (Lyric poetry))]; κράββατον, δίκτυα χ., [NT (NT.Mark.2.4, NT.Luke.5.5; τὴν ἱερὰν ἄγκυραν 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]; dip in a liquid, εἰς αἷμα [Refs (“PMag.Par.” 1.2886)]; soak, [Refs (PHolm. 14.33:)] —middle, ἱστὸν χαλάσαντο lowered it, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1264.)]
I.3 let loose, release, τινὰ ἐκ δεσμῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 177 (_anapaest meter_))]; absolutely, let go, slacken one's hold, μηδαμῇ χάλα [Refs ([prev. work] 58.)]
I.4 ἡνίας χ. slacken the reins, especially in metaphorically sense, χ. τὰς ἡνίας τοῖς λόγοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338a, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 409.)]
I.5 κλῇθρα χ. loose the bars or bolts, i.e. undo or open the door, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1187, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 808; κλῇδας [prev. author] “Med.” 1314; χ. τοὺς μοχλούς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 310; but also πύλας μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 879.)]
I.6 loosen or undo things drawn tightly together, χ. κρεμαστὴν ἀρτάνην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1266; χ. πᾶν κάλυμμ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν [prev. author] “El.” 1468; χ. δεσμά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 577; ἀσκόν [prev. author] “Cyc.” 161; τὸ στόμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.8)]:—passive, τὰ χαλώμενα ὅπλα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 43; πρὶν ἂν χαλασθῇ δεσμά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 991.)]
I.7 of the bowels, etc., ὑγρὰ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.99, compare “Coac.” 20; ἢν αἱ μῆτραι μὴ χαλάσωσι τὰ ἐπιμήνια [prev. author] “Mul.” 1.61.)]
I.8 metaphorically, τὴν ὀργήν χ. let it go, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 727 (_anapaest meter_); χ. [τὸν νόον] ἐς ὄψιν τινός 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 104c; χ. ἐπιθυμίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.133a; τὸ βαρὺ καὶ ἀμειδές 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.3)]; remit, μήτε τῆς προνοίας χαλώσης τὴν.. ὑπεροχήν [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 122)]; τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν relaxed the strict principle that.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242e)]:—passive, to be softened, λίθος εἰς ὑγρότητα κεχαλασμένος [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Callistratus Sophista “Statuarum descriptiones” 5)]; also κεχαλάσθαι εἰς τὸ αὐτεξούσιον to have free play, opposed to συντετάχθαι, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.3.16.)]
II intransitive, become slack or loose, opposed to συντείνω, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 98d; χόλαισιν ἄγκυρραι 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 18.9 (assuming variant); ζῶναι χαλῶσι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 935)]; πύλαι χαλῷσαι open gates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.29)]: metaphorically with genitive, have a remission of, χαλάσσομεν τὰς θυμοβόρω λύας [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 23.10; τί χαλᾷ μανιῶ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1057 (_anapaest meter_); (also _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 203 (Lyric poetry), 840))]; relax, φρονήματος χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 716; τῆς ὀργῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 383 (troch.); [τὸ ὂν] χαλάσαν τῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς ἁπλότητος 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 13.)]
II.2 with dative person, χ. τινι give way or yield to any one, be indulgent to him, εἰ τοῖσιν.. κτείνουσιν ἀλλήλους χαλᾷς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 219; χάλα τοκεῦσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 403; with _genitive_ add., μοι τῆς ἀρχῆς χάλασον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 86e, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 7)]: absolutely, give way, εἴκειν ὁδοῦ χαλῶντα τοῖς κακίοσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 637.)]
II.3 absolutely, grow slack or weak, ἐπειδὰν αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι παύσωνται κατατείνουσαι καὶ χαλάσωσι [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 329c)]; abate, χαλάσει ὁ παγετός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 8; ὀδύνη [prev. author] “Acut.” 16.)]