Chalao means “let down” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5465 — cad (“stocks”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5465 χαλάω (chalao) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. chalao (khal-ah'-o) v. 1. to lower (as into a void) [from the base of G5490] It has 11 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include let and into. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
chalao (khal-ah'-o) v. 1. to lower (as into a void) [from the base of G5490] KJV: let down, strike Root(s): G5490
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5465. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to lower
Usage: 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 English word each shown verse actually uses to render chalao, 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.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. 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.
Strong's G5465 (χαλάω) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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7 indexed usages in New Testament.
And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with a string of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Thy cords are broken, for they had no strength: thy mast has given way, it shall not spread the sails, it shall not bear a signal, until it be given up for plunder; therefore shall many lame men take spoil.
Wherein have ye been rioting? and against whom have ye opened your mouth, and against whom have ye loosed your tongue? are ye not children of perdition? a lawless seed?
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5465.
And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with a string of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Thy cords are broken, for they had no strength: thy mast has given way, it shall not spread the sails, it shall not bear a signal, until it be given up for plunder; therefore shall many lame men take spoil.
Wherein have ye been rioting? and against whom have ye opened your mouth, and against whom have ye loosed your tongue? are ye not children of perdition? a lawless seed?
And they cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the court of the prison; and they let him down into the pit: and there was no water in the pit, but mire: and he was in the mire.
And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5465, grouped by book.
Chalao (Strong's G5465) is a Greek word most simply glossed "let down". chalao (khal-ah'-o) v. 1. to lower (as into a void) [from the base of G5490]
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's G5465 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5465 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as let and into. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G5465, with linked reader references where each row is available.