"to let down, lower, Lk. 5:19; Acts 9:25; 10:11; 11:5*"
Definition and meaning
to let down, lower, Lk. 5:19; Acts 9:25; 10:11; 11:5*
In the original Greek the word is written: καθίημι
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of kathiemi (G2524) across the King James Bible.
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.
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
And 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:
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:
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Common questions
Strong's G2524 (kathiemi) is a Greek word that means: to let down, lower, Lk. 5:19; Acts 9:25; 10:11; 11:5* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word kathiemi (G2524) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2524 is kathiemi, a Greek word defined as: to let down, lower, Lk. 5:19; Acts 9:25; 10:11; 11:5*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
kathiemi is a Greek word found in the New Testament.