Let Down

Let Down

1: καθίημι (Strong'S #2524 — Verb — kathiemi — kath-ee'-ay-mee )

"to send," or "let down" (kata, "down," hiemi, "to send"), is translated "to let down," with reference to (a) the paralytic in  Luke 5:19; (b) Saul of Tarsus,  Acts 9:25; (c) the great sheet in Peter's vision,  Acts 10:11;  11:5 .

2: χαλάω (Strong'S #5465 — Verb — chalao — khal-ah'-o )

"to slacken, loosen, let loose," denotes in the Nt, "to let down, to lower;" it is used with reference to (a) the paralytic, in  Mark 2:4 , cp. No. 1 (a); (b) Saul ot Tarsus,  Acts 9:25 , "lowering" [see also No. 1 (b)];  2 Corinthians 11:33 , "was I let down" (Passive Voice); (c) nets,  Luke 5:4,5 (in the latter, Rv, "nets;" Av, "net"); (d) the gear of a ship,   Acts 27:17 , Rv, "they lowered (the gear)," Av, "they strake (sail);" (e) a ship's boat,  Acts 27:30 , Rv, "lowered" (Av, "let down"). See Lower , Strike.