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Strong's G2524 καθίημι (kathiemi)

Kathiemi means “let down” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2524 — cham (“father in law”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2524
Language Greek
Linked Usages 31
Books 19

Strong's G2524 Quick Answer

Strong's G2524 καθίημι (kathiemi) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kathiemi (kath-ee'-ay-mee) v. 1. and hiemi "to send" 2. to lower It has 31 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include let. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
kathiemi (kath-ee'-ay-mee) v. 1. and hiemi "to send" 2. to lower
Usage
31 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
let

Meaning and Definition

kathiemi (kath-ee'-ay-mee) v. 1. and hiemi "to send" 2. to lower [from G2596] KJV: let down Root(s): G2596

Original Word
καθίημι
Transliteration
kathiemi
Derivation
Root: κατά R1: 2596
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2524. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to lower

Usage: καθ-ίημι [in LXX: Exo.17:11 (נוּחַ hi.), and seel., 1Ch.21:27, Zec.11:13, Jer.32:14 * ;] to send or let down: before εἰς, Luk.5:19; διά, with genitive, ib., Act.9:25; ptcp., before ἐπί, with genitive, Act.10:11; ἐκ, Act.11:5.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2524 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kathiemi, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

let Luke 5:19

How Strong's G2524 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 24 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2524 (καθίημι) appears 27 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2524 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2524 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 5:19 KJV

And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

Acts 9:25 KJV

Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

Acts 10:11 KJV

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

Strong's G2524 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 17:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass, when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands, Amalek prevailed.

Numbers 32:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses said to the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

Judges 6:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And I said to you, I am the Lord your God: ye shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but ye hearkened not to my voice.

Strong's G2524 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 4:42 Septuagint / Brenton

Then said the king unto him, Ask what thou wilt more than is appointed in the writings, and we will give it thee, because thou art found wisest; and thou shalt sit next me, and shalt be called my cousin.

Judith 11:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And now thou art both beautiful in thy countenance, and witty in thy words: surely if thou do as thou hast spoken, thy God shall be my God, and thou shalt dwell in the house of King Nebuchadnezzar, and shalt be renowned through the whole earth.

Wisdom of Sirach 26:12 Septuagint / Brenton

She will open her mouth, as a thirsty traveler when he hath found a fountain, And drink of every water near her: By every hedge will she sit down, And open her quiver against every arrow.

Usage Excerpts

First 31 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2524.

Exodus 17:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands, Amalek prevailed.
Numbers 32:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Judges 6:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said to you, I am the Lord your God: ye shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but ye hearkened not to my voice.
1 Kingdoms 1:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Hannah did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be presented before the Lord, and he shall abide there continually.
1 Kingdoms 5:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, and they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us, for his hand is heavy upon us and upon Dagon our god.
1 Kingdoms 12:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, behold, the king goes before you; and I am grown old and shall rest; and, behold, my sons are among you; and, behold, I have gone about before you from my youth to this day.
1 Kingdoms 27:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to Achish, If now thy servant has found grace in thine eyes, let them give me, I pray thee, a place in one of the cities in the country, and I will dwell there: for why does thy servant dwell with thee in a royal city?
2 Kingdoms 16:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hushai said to Absalom, Nay, but following whom the Lord, and this people, and all Israel have chosen—his will I be, and with him will I dwell.
3 Kingdoms 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said, My lord, thou didst swear by the Lord thy God to thy handmaid, saying, Thy son Solomon shall reign after me, and shall sit upon my throne.
3 Kingdoms 1:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, my lord, O king—the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, to tell them who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him.
3 Kingdoms 1:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Nathan said, My lord, O king, didst thou say, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
3 Kingdoms 1:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Has this matter happened by the authority of my lord the king, and hast thou not made known to thy servant who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him?
3 Kingdoms 1:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
as I swore to thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead, so will I do this day.
3 Kingdoms 1:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall sit upon my throne, and reign in my stead: and I have given charge that he should be for a prince over Israel and Judah.
3 Kingdoms 7:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their house where he would dwell, had one court communicating with these according to this work; and he built the house for the daughter of Pharaoh whom Solomon had taken, according to this porch.
4 Kingdoms 10:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Jehu, Because of all thy deeds wherein thou hast acted well in doing that which was right in my eyes, according to all things which thou hast done to the house of Ahab as they were in my heart, thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.
Psalms 28:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord will dwell on the waterflood: And the Lord will sit a king forever.
Ecclesiastes 10:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fool has been set in very high places, While rich men would sit in a low one.
Jeremiah 28:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The warrior of Babylon has failed to fight; they shall sit there in the siege; their power is broken; they are become like women; her tabernacles have been set on fire; her bars are broken.
Ezekiel 44:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the prince, he shall sit in it, to eat bread before the Lord; he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go forth by the way of the same.
Daniel 11:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his sons shall gather a multitude among many: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through, and he shall rest, and collect his strength.
Hosea 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an altar, and without a priesthood, and without manifestations.
Zechariah 8:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord Almighty; There shall yet dwell old men and old women in the streets of Jerusalem, every one holding his staff in his hand for age.
Zechariah 11:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to me, Drop them into the furnace, and I will see if it is good metal, as I was proved for their sakes. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them into the furnace in the house of the Lord.
Luke 5:19 New Testament, KJV
And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
Acts 9:25 New Testament, KJV
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
Acts 10:11 New Testament, KJV
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
Acts 11:5 New Testament, KJV
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
1 Esdras 4:42 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then said the king unto him, Ask what thou wilt more than is appointed in the writings, and we will give it thee, because thou art found wisest; and thou shalt sit next me, and shalt be called my cousin.
Judith 11:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And now thou art both beautiful in thy countenance, and witty in thy words: surely if thou do as thou hast spoken, thy God shall be my God, and thou shalt dwell in the house of King Nebuchadnezzar, and shalt be renowned through the whole earth.
Wisdom of Sirach 26:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
She will open her mouth, as a thirsty traveler when he hath found a fountain, And drink of every water near her: By every hedge will she sit down, And open her quiver against every arrow.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2524, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2524 FAQ

What does kathiemi (καθίημι) mean?

Kathiemi (Strong's G2524) is a Greek word most simply glossed "let down". kathiemi (kath-ee'-ay-mee) v. 1. and hiemi "to send" 2. to lower

How many times is kathiemi (καθίημι) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 31 linked usages for Strong's G2524 across 19 books.

Where can I study kathiemi (καθίημι) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2524 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate kathiemi (καθίημι)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as let. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2524 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 24 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2524, with linked reader references where each row is available.