χαλάω
chaláō
“to lower (as into a void)”
6 occurrencesNew TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to lower (as into a void)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to slacken; to let down, lower, Mk. 2:4; Lk. 5:4, 5; Acts 9:25; 27:17, 30; 1 Cor. 11:33*
Translated in KJV as
let downstrike
Etymology
from the base of G5490 (χάσμα);
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“And 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.”
— Mark 2:4