Quick Definition
I let down
Strong's Definition
and (to send); to lower
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά);
KJV Usage: let down
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καθίημι: 1 aorist καθῆκα; (from Homer on); to send down, let down: εἰς, Luk_5:19; διά with the genitive of place, ibid. and Act_9:25; present passive participle καθιεμενος let down, ἐπί τῆς γῆς, Act_10:11; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Act_11:5.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καθίημι kathiēmi 4x
to let down, lower, Luk_5:19 ; Act_9:25 ; Act_10:11 ; Act_11:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
καθ -ίημι ,
[in LXX : Exo_17:11 ( H5117 hi .), and v.l ., 1Ch_21:27 , Zec_11:13 , Jer_32:14 * ;]
to send or let down: seq . εἰς , Luk_5:19 ; διά , c . gen ., ib ., Act_9:25 ; ptcp ., seq . ἐπί , c . gen ., Act_10:11 ; ἐκ , Act_11:5 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καθίημι [page 313]
P Petr III. 42 C (14) .5 (B.C. 255) καθεῖκα . For the postclassical use of the verb, which in the NT is confined to the Lukan writings, see the exx. in Schmid Atticismus iv. p. 360.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
καθίημι ionic κατ- fut. καθήσω aor1 καθῆκα epic καθέηκα perf. καθεῖκα "to send down, let fall", Lat. demittere, Hom. , etc.; [ἱστία] ἐς νῆας κάθεμεν (1st pl. aor2) "we let down, lowered" the sails, Od. ; κ. ἄγκυραν Hdt. ; κ. καταπειρητηρίην "to let down" a sounding-line, id=Hdt. ; καθιέναι "to sound", Plat. ; καθῆκε τὰ σκέλη "let down" his legs, of one who had been lying down, id=Plat. ; κ. δόρυ "to let down" one's pike, "bring" it "to the rest", Xen. ; κ. τὰς κώπας "to let down" the oars, so as to stop the ship's way, Thuc. :—rarely of striking, δι᾽ ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχος Eur. ; γόνυ καθεῖσαν sank on their knee, id=Eur. :— Pass. "to come down", of a cow's udder, Hdt. ; καθεῖτο τὰ τείχη the walls "were carried down to the water", Thuc. "to send down into the arena, enter for racing", ἅρματα, ζεύγη id=Thuc. ; τοῦτον τὸν λόγον καθεῖκε "has entered" this plea, Dem. "to set at", Lat. immittere, Luc. :—Pass. "to be put in motion", ἡ στρατηλασίη κατίετο ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα Hdt. seemingly intr. (sub. ἑαυτόν), "to swoop down" like a wind, Ar. ; of rivers, "to run down", Plat. ; κ. εἰς γόνυ "to sink" on the knee, Plut.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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