To lower
καθίημιStrong’s G2524kathiēmi
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kathiēmi is the Greek word usually translated “let down” and “being let down”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “let down” and “being let down”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they let down 2
- being let down 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 9:25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
- Acts 10:11And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
- Acts 11:5I 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:
Greek dictionary
καθίημι kathiēmi · to lower
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lower” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LOWER, verb transitive
[from low.]
- To cause to descend; to let down; to take or bring down; as, to lower the main-sail of a sloop.
- To suffer to sink downwards.
- To bring down; to reduce or humble; as, to lower the pride of man.
- To lessen; to diminish; to reduce, as value or amount; as, to lower the price or value of goods, or the rate of interest.
All definitions and other forms of “lower”
LOWER, verb intransitive
To fall; to sink; to grow less.
LOW'ER, verb intransitive
- To appear dark or gloomy; to be clouded; to threaten a storm.
- To frown; to look sullen.
LOW'ER, noun
- Cloudiness; gloominess.
- A frowning; sullenness.
LOWER, adjective
[comparative of low.]
Less high or elevated.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.