G5465
χαλάω
to lower
χαλάω, -ῶ [in LXX: (Jer.38:6) (שָׁלַח pi.), etc. ;] __(a) to slacken, loosen; __(b) to let loose, let go; __(with) to lower, let down: with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.2:4, Luk.5:4-5, Act.9:25 27:17, 30; with accusative of person(s) (cf. Je, l.with), pass., 2Co.11:33.† (AS)
The KJV translates G5465 in the following manner:
down (12x), strake (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
χαλάω — chaláō
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, Mar 2:4; Luk 5:4; Act 27:17; Act 27:30 (in these last two passages in a nautical sense, to lower); τινα ἐν συριδιδ, Act 9:25; passive, 2Co 11:33.
7 occurrences
Mark (1), Luke (2), Acts (3), II Corinthians (1)