καθίημι
kathiēmi
to lower
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word "καθίημι" (kathiēmi) with Strong's number G2524 means "to lower." It is a verb with four occurrences in the Bible. Given its definition, this word likely refers to physical actions such as lowering oneself or something else to a lower position. It may also imply a sense of being brought down or set up in a lower state. The range of usage for "καθίημι" is limited to a few occurrences, but its significance may be related to its role in expressing actions of movement or transformation. For example, in certain contexts, the word could be used to describe someone's actions such as bending or kneeling, rather than simply a literal lowering of an object.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the middle before Jesus.
Acts 9:25but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
Acts 10:11He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,
Acts 11:5“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.