Quick Definition
I let down, lower
Strong's Definition
to lower (as into a void)
Derivation: from the base of G5490 (χάσμα);
KJV Usage: let down, strike
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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, Mar_2:4; Luk_5:4; Act_27:17; Act_27:30 (in these last two passages in a nautical sense, to lower); τινα ἐν συριδιδ, Act_9:25; passive, 2Co_11:33.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χαλάω chalaō 7x
to slacken; to let down, lower, Mar_2:4 ; Luk_5:4-5 ; Act_9:25 ; Act_27:17 ; Act_27:30 ; 1Co_11:33
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χαλάω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX : ( Jer_38:6 ) ( H7971 pi .), etc.;]
(a) to slacken, loosen;
(b) to let loose, let go;
(c) to lower, let down: c . acc rei , Mar_2:4 , Luk_5:4-5 , Act_9:25 ; Act_27:17 ; Act_27:30 ; c . acc pers . ( cf. Je, l.c .), pass ., 2Co_11:33 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χαλάω [page 682]
slacken, let down (Mar. 2:4, al. ) : cf. P Lond 131 *.12 (A.D. 78) (= I. p. 189) persons περὶ τὸ ὄργανον χαλῶντ (ες ) τὰς τριχ (ίας ), and the comp d . ἐπιχαλάω in P Ryl II. 81 .11 ( c. A.D. 104) ἵν᾽ ὅσου ἐὰν χρείαν ἔχωσι ὑδάτους (= -ος ) ἑαυ [τοῖς ἐ ]πιχαλῶσι , that they may draw off for themselves as much water as they need (Edd.). The subst. χάλασμα occurs in Preisigke 428 .7 (B.C. 99), al. In MGr χαλάω = break to pieces and χάλασμα = ruin.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
χαλάω trans. "to slacken, loosen", χ. βιόν, τόξα "to unstring" the bow, h. Hom. , Plat. : metaph., χ. τὴν ὀργήν Ar. "to let down, let sink, fall" or "droop", πτέρυγα χαλάξαις Pind. ; χαλάσας τὸ μέτωπον "having unbent" the brow, Ar. ; δίκτυα χ. N.T. "to let loose, loose, release", Aesch. :—absol. "to let go, slacken one's hold", id=Aesch. ἡνίας χ. "to slack" the reins, Plat. κλῇθρα or κλῇδας χ. "to loose" the bars or bolts, i. e. "undo" or "open" the door, Soph. , Eur. ; also, πύλας μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε Aesch. "to loosen" or "undo things drawn tightly together", Soph. , Eur. :—Pass., πρὶν ἂν χαλασθῇ δεσμά Aesch. intr. "to become slack" or "loose", Eur. ; πύλαι χαλῶσι the gates "stand open", Xen. :—metaph., c. gen., "to have a remission of", μανιῶν, κακῶν Aesch. ; τῆς ὀργῆς Ar. c. dat., χ. τινί "to yield to" any one, "to be indulgent to" him, Aesch. absol. "to remit, to grow slack", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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