Definition

to lower (as into a void)

Etymology

from the base of G5490 (χάσμα);

Word family

• χάσμα chásma

How the KJV renders it

• let down
• strike

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.