Greek verb · G5465
χαλάω
chalaokhal-ah'-o
to lower
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chaláō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5465is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5465
to lower (as into a void)
The King James renders it: let down, strike.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chalao is rendered "to lower". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 2:4Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
Mark 2:4χαλῶσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's seven uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- having lowered2
- do lower1
- having let down1
- I was let down1
- I will let down1
- they let down1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| χάλαζα | chalaza | hail | Uses4 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- χαλάσαντες2
- ἐχαλάσθην1
- χαλασάντων1
- χαλάσατε1
- χαλάσω1
- χαλῶσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-AAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural1V-AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-AAP-GPM
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person singular1V-API-1S
- verb · future active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-FAI-1S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
Mark
one use
Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
- χαλῶσινchalosinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they let down
Luke
two uses
When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
- χαλάσατεchalasateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do lower
“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
- χαλάσωchalasoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will let down
Acts
three uses
One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
- χαλάσαντεςchalasantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having lowered
After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
- χαλάσαντεςchalasantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having lowered
Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
- χαλασάντωνchalasantonverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: having let down
2 Corinthians
one use
But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
- ἐχαλάσθηνechalasthenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I was let down
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.