Lexical Summary chalaō: to slacken Original Word: χαλάωTransliteration: chalaō Phonetic Spelling: (khal-ah'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to slacken Meaning: to slacken Strong's Concordance to slacken, let downFrom the base of chasma; to lower (as into a void) -- let down, strike. see GREEK chasma Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5465: χαλάωχαλάω, 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. |
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