χαλάωchaláō
to lower (as into a void)
Greek (New Testament) · G5465
Meanings
(a) to slacken, loosen
(b) to let loose, let go
(c) to lower, let down: with accusative of thing, Mark 2:4, Luke 5:4-5, Acts 9:25, Acts 27:17, Acts 27:30; with accusative of person (cf. Jeremiah 38:6), passive, 2 Corinthians 11:33.
Same root
- χάσμαchásma · G5490a "chasm" or vacancy (impassable interval)
- χαλκόςchalkós · G5475copper (the substance, or some implement or coin made of it)
- χάλαζαchálaza · G5464hail
- χιώνchiṓn · G5510snow
- χαλεπόςchalepós · G5467difficult, i.e. dangerous, or (by implication) furious
- χαλινόςchalinós · G5469a curb or head-stall (as curbing the spirit)
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Mark 2:4 They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus.
- Luke 5:4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Now go out where it is deeper, and let down your nets to catch some fish.”
- Luke 5:5 “Master,” Simon replied, “we worked hard all last night and didn’t catch a thing. But if you say so, I’ll let the nets down again.”
- 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 27:17 Then the sailors bound ropes around the hull of the ship to strengthen it. They were afraid of being driven across to the sandbars of Syrtis off the African coast, so they lowered the sea anchor to slow the ship and were driven before the wind.
- Acts 27:30 Then the sailors tried to abandon the ship; they lowered the lifeboat as though they were going to put out anchors from the front of the ship.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.