chalaō · let down

What it means

chalaō (χαλάω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “let down”.

Lower (with ropes); let go.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Send something down by ropes; cast nets into the water.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• let down ×4
• lowered ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• Acts×3
• 2 Corinthians×1

• Mark 2:4

  And when they could not bring him to him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where he was; and having dug through, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.

• Luke 5:4

  And when he had stopped speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch.”

• Luke 5:5

  And Simon answered and said, “Master, through the whole night we worked hard and caught nothing; but at your word I will let down the nets.”

• Acts 9:25

  but his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a basket, letting him down through the wall.

• Acts 27:17

  After hoisting it aboard, they used supports undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear and so were driven along.

• Acts 27:30

  And when the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had lowered the boat into the sea, on the pretext that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow,

• 2 Corinthians 11:33

  and through a window in a basket I was let down through the wall and escaped his hands.