5465. chalaó
Strong's Concordance
chalaó: to slacken
Original Word: χαλάω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: chalaó
Phonetic Spelling: (khal-ah'-o)
Definition: to slacken
Usage: I let down, lower, slacken, loosen.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
to slacken
NASB Translation
let down (6), let down let down (1), lowering* (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5465: χαλάω

χαλάω, χάλω; future χαλάσω; 1 aorist ἐχάλασα; 1 aorist passive, ἐχαλάσθην; from Aeschylus and Pindar down;

a. to loosen, slacken, relax.

b. to let down from a higher place to a lower: τί or τινα, Mark 2:4; Luke 5:4; Acts 27:17, 30 (in these last two passages in a nautical sense, to lower); τινα ἐν συριδιδ, Acts 9:25; passive, 2 Corinthians 11:33.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
to slacken, let down

From the base of chasma; to lower (as into a void) -- let down, strike.

see GREEK chasma

Forms and Transliterations
εχάλασαν εχαλάσατε εχαλασθην εχαλάσθην ἐχαλάσθην χαλασαντες χαλάσαντες χαλασαντων χαλασάντων χαλασατε χαλάσατε χαλάσει χαλασω χαλάσω χαλάται χαλβάνην χαλωσι χαλώσι χαλῶσι chalasantes chalásantes chalasanton chalasantōn chalasánton chalasántōn chalasate chalásate chalaso chalasō chaláso chalásō chalosi chalôsi chalōsi chalō̂si echalasthen echalasthēn echalásthen echalásthēn
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Englishman's Concordance
Mark 2:4 V-PIA-3P
GRK: καὶ ἐξορύξαντες χαλῶσι τὸν κράβαττον
NAS: Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet
KJV: when they had broken [it] up, they let down the bed
INT: and having broken up [it] they let down the pallet

Luke 5:4 V-AMA-2P
GRK: βάθος καὶ χαλάσατε τὰ δίκτυα
NAS: out into the deep water and let down your nets
KJV: the deep, and let down your nets
INT: deep and let down the nets

Luke 5:5 V-FIA-1S
GRK: ῥήματί σου χαλάσω τὰ δίκτυα
NAS: but I will do as You say [and] let down the nets.
KJV: thy word I will let down the net.
INT: word of you I will let down the net

Acts 9:25 V-APA-NMP
GRK: καθῆκαν αὐτὸν χαλάσαντες ἐν σπυρίδι
INT: let down him having lowered [him] in a basket

Acts 27:17 V-APA-NMP
GRK: Σύρτιν ἐκπέσωσιν χαλάσαντες τὸ σκεῦος
NAS: on [the shallows] of Syrtis, they let down the sea anchor
KJV: the quicksands, strake sail,
INT: sandbars of Syrtis they should fall having lowered the gear

Acts 27:30 V-APA-GMP
GRK: πλοίου καὶ χαλασάντων τὴν σκάφην
NAS: from the ship and had let down the [ship's] boat
KJV: when they had let down the boat
INT: ship moreover having let down the [life] boat

2 Corinthians 11:33 V-AIP-1S
GRK: ἐν σαργάνῃ ἐχαλάσθην διὰ τοῦ
NAS: and I was let down in a basket through
KJV: a basket was I let down by
INT: in a basket I was let down through the

Strong's Greek 5465
7 Occurrences


χαλάσαντες — 2 Occ.
χαλασάντων — 1 Occ.
χαλάσατε — 1 Occ.
χαλάσω — 1 Occ.
χαλῶσι — 1 Occ.
ἐχαλάσθην — 1 Occ.

















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