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Koine Greek wordlink #88962

SR GNT Acts 9:25 καθῆκαν (kathaʸkan) ‘through the wall they let_down him having lowered him in’ Strongs=25240 Lemma=kathiēmi
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Year=35 AD Event=Saul_proclaims_Jesus TimeSeries=Saul_proclaims_Jesus

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Other uses (1) of identical word form καθῆκαν (V-IAA3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘καθῆκαν’ (V-IAA3··P) is always and only glossed as ‘they let_down’.

Luke 5:19 ‘through the tiles they let_down him with the’ SR GNT Luke 5:19 word 25

OET-LV: 19 And not having _found by _what way they _may _carry_ him _in because _of the crowd, having _gone _up on the housetop, they _let_ him _down through the tiles with the stretcher into the midst before the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa). (LUK_5:19)

OET-RV: 19 but because of the crowd they couldn’t find a way in. So instead, they went up the stairs to the flat roof and removed some tiles in order to let the stretcher down right in front of Yeshua. (LUK 5:19)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kathiēmi’ have 2 different glosses: ‘being let_down’, ‘they let_down’.

Greek words (2) other than καθῆκαν (V-IAA3··P) with a gloss related to ‘let_down’

ACTs 10:11 καθιέμενον (kathiemenon) V-PPP·ANS ‘great by four corners being let_down on the earth’ SR GNT Acts 10:11 word 21

OET-LV: 11 and he _is _observing the heaven having _been _opened _up, and an_ certain _object coming _down, as a_ by _four _linen _sheet, great corners being _let _down on the earth, (ACT_10:11)

OET-RV: 11 and saw the sky open up. Something like a sheet was being lowered down to the earth by the four corners (ACT 10:11)

ACTs 11:5 καθιεμένην (kathiemenaʸn) V-PPP·AFS ‘great by its four corners being let_down out_of heaven and’ SR GNT Acts 11:5 word 22

OET-LV: 5 I was in the_city of _Yoppaʸ praying, and in a_trance I _saw a_vision, an_ certain _object coming _down like a_ by_its_four _linen _sheet, great corners being _let _down out _of the heaven, and it _came until me, (ACT_11:5)

OET-RV: 5 “I was staying in Yoppa, and as I was praying I saw a vision of an object like a sheet coming down, as if it was being let down out of the sky by its four corners. As it came down to me (ACT 11:5)

Key: V=verb