King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5465
Transliteration: chalaō
Phonetic Spelling: (khal-ah'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to slacken
Meaning: to slacken
χαλάω, χάλω; future χαλάσω; 1 aorist ἐχάλασα; 1 aorist passive, ἐχαλάσθην; from Aeschylus and Pindar down;
Word 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.