καθίημιkathíēmi
and (to send); to lower
Greek (New Testament) · G2524
Meanings
to send or let down: followed by εἰς, Luke 5:19; διά, with genitive, Luke 5:19, Acts 9:25; participle, followed by ἐπί, with genitive, Acts 10:11; ἐκ, Acts 11:5.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Luke 5:19 but they couldn’t reach him because of the crowd. So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
- Acts 9:25 So during the night, some of the other believers lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the city wall.
- Acts 10:11 He saw the sky open, and something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners.
- Acts 11:5 “I was in the town of Joppa,” he said, “and while I was praying, I went into a trance and saw a vision. Something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners from the sky. And it came right down to me.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.