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Let

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1,511exact KJV occurrences 1,169Old Testament 342New Testament 60books containing the word 98mapped Strong's IDs 192occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 1:3

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 22:17

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where Let appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG630
ἀπολύω

apolýō · ap-ol-oo'-o

9 times translated as this KJV form93 total Strong's occurrences

to free fully, i.e. (literally) relieve, release, dismiss (reflexively, depart), or (figuratively) let die, pardon or (specially) divorce

Strong's KJV usage: :--(let) depart, dismiss, divorce, forgive, let go, loose, put (send) away, release, set at liberty.

Strong's first: Luke 22:68Strong's last: Acts 28:18

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GreekG1096
γίνομαι

gínomai · ghin'-om-ahee

8 times translated as this KJV form701 total Strong's occurrences

to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: :--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.

Strong's first: Matthew 20:26Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 16:14

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HebrewH5414
נָתַן

nâthan · naw-than'

4 times translated as this KJV form2,007 total Strong's occurrences

v

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, × avenge, × be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, × doubtless, × without fail, fasten, frame, × get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), × have, × indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), lie, lift up, make, O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, × pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), sing, slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, × surely, × take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, weep, willingly, withdraw, would (to) God, yield.

Strong's first: Exodus 3:19Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 20:10

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GreekG1097
γινώσκω

ginṓskō · ghin-oce'-ko

3 times translated as this KJV form248 total Strong's occurrences

to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)

Strong's KJV usage: :--allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.

Strong's first: Matthew 6:3Strong's last: Philippians 4:5

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GreekG1554
ἐκδίδωμι

ekdídōmi · ek-did-o'-mee

3 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences

to give forth, i.e. (specially) to lease

Strong's KJV usage: :--let forth (out).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 21:33Strong's last: Luke 20:9

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GreekG142
αἴρω

aírō · ah'-ee-ro

2 times translated as this KJV form111 total Strong's occurrences

to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare H5375) to expiate sin

Strong's KJV usage: :--away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).

Strong's first: Luke 22:36Strong's last: Ephesians 4:31

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GreekG1436
ἔα

éa · eh'-ah

2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

properly, let it be, i.e. (as interjection) aha!

Strong's KJV usage: :--let alone.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Mark 1:24Strong's last: Luke 4:34

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GreekG2524
καθίημι

kathíēmi · kath-ee'-ay-mee

2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

and ἵημι (to send); to lower

Strong's KJV usage: :--let down.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 5:19Strong's last: Acts 9:25

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GreekG3049
λογίζομαι

logízomai · log-id'-zom-ahee

2 times translated as this KJV form48 total Strong's occurrences

to take an inventory, i.e. estimate (literally or figuratively)

Strong's KJV usage: :--conclude, (ac-)count (of), + despise, esteem, impute, lay, number, reason, reckon, suppose, think (on).

Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 4:1Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 10:11

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GreekG1018
βραβεύω

brabeúō · brab-yoo'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

to arbitrate, i.e. (genitive case) to govern (figuratively, prevail)

Strong's KJV usage: :--rule.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Colossians 3:15Strong's last: Colossians 3:15

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GreekG1063
γάρ

gár · gar

1 times translated as this KJV form1,056 total Strong's occurrences

properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)

Strong's KJV usage: :--and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.

Strong's first: Philippians 2:5Strong's last: Philippians 2:5

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GreekG1252
διακρίνω

diakrínō · dee-ak-ree'-no

1 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences

to separate thoroughly, i.e. (literally and reflexively) to withdraw from, or (by implication) oppose; figuratively, to discriminate (by implication, decide), or (reflexively) hesitate

Strong's KJV usage: :--contend, make (to) differ(-ence), discern, doubt, judge, be partial, stagger, waver.

Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 14:29Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 14:29

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GreekG1325
δίδωμι

dídōmi · did'-o-mee

1 times translated as this KJV form434 total Strong's occurrences

to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)

Strong's KJV usage: :--adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.

Strong's first: Matthew 5:31Strong's last: Matthew 5:31

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GreekG1380
δοκέω

dokéō · dok-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form67 total Strong's occurrences

compare the base of G1166) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)

Strong's KJV usage: :--be accounted, (of own) please(-ure), be of reputation, seem (good), suppose, think, trow.

Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 11:16Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 11:16

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GreekG1832
ἔξεστι

éxesti · ex'-es-tee

1 times translated as this KJV form43 total Strong's occurrences

so also ἐξόν ex-on' neuter present participle of the same (with or without some form of G1510 expressed); impersonally, it is right (through the figurative idea of being out in public)

Strong's KJV usage: :--be lawful, let, X may(-est).

Strong's first: Acts 2:29Strong's last: Acts 2:29

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GreekG2192
ἔχω

échō · ekh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form708 total Strong's occurrences

to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)

Strong's KJV usage: :--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.

Strong's first: Acts 24:23Strong's last: Acts 24:23

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GreekG2277
ἤτω

ḗtō · ay'-to

1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

let him (or it) be

Strong's KJV usage: :--let … be.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: James 5:12Strong's last: James 5:12

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GreekG2639
καταλέγω

katalégō · kat-al-eg'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

to lay down, i.e. (figuratively) to enrol

Strong's KJV usage: :--take into the number.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 1 Timothy 5:9Strong's last: 1 Timothy 5:9

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GreekG2983
λαμβάνω

lambánō · lam-ban'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form276 total Strong's occurrences

while G138 is more violent, to seize or remove))

Strong's KJV usage: :--accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).

Strong's first: Acts 1:20Strong's last: Acts 1:20

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GreekG3344
μεταστρέφω

metastréphō · met-as-tref'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

to turn across, i.e. transmute or (figuratively) corrupt

Strong's KJV usage: :--pervert, turn.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: James 4:9Strong's last: James 4:9

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GreekG3685
ὀνίνημι

onínēmi · on-in'-ay-mee

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

for which another prolonged form (ὀνάω) is used as an alternate in some tenses (unless indeed it be identical with the base of G3686 through the idea of notoriety); to gratify, i.e. (middle voice) to derive pleasure or advantage from

Strong's KJV usage: :--have joy.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Philemon 1:20Strong's last: Philemon 1:20

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GreekG3901
παραῤῥυέω

pararrhyéō · par-ar-hroo-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

to flow by, i.e. (figuratively) carelessly pass (miss)

Strong's KJV usage: :--let slip.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Hebrews 2:1Strong's last: Hebrews 2:1

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GreekG3928
παρέρχομαι

parérchomai · par-er'-khom-ahee

1 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences

to come near or aside, i.e. to approach (arrive), go by (or away), (figuratively) perish or neglect, (causative) avert

Strong's KJV usage: :--come (forth), go, pass (away, by, over), past, transgress.

Strong's first: Matthew 26:39Strong's last: Matthew 26:39

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GreekG4065
περιφρονέω

periphronéō · per-ee-fron-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

to think beyond, i.e. depreciate (contemn)

Strong's KJV usage: :--despise.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Titus 2:15Strong's last: Titus 2:15

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GreekG4135
πληροφορέω

plērophoréō · play-rof-or-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

to carry out fully (in evidence), i.e. completely assure (or convince), entirely accomplish

Strong's KJV usage: :--most surely believe, fully know (persuade), make full proof of.

Strong's first: Romans 14:5Strong's last: Romans 14:5

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GreekG5087
τίθημι

títhēmi · tith'-ay-mee

1 times translated as this KJV form103 total Strong's occurrences

to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476, which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)

Strong's KJV usage: :--+ advise, appoint, bow, commit, conceive, give, X kneel down, lay (aside, down, up), make, ordain, purpose, put, set (forth), settle, sink down.

Strong's first: Luke 9:44Strong's last: Luke 9:44

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GreekG5293
ὑποτάσσω

hypotássō · hoop-ot-as'-so

1 times translated as this KJV form49 total Strong's occurrences

to subordinate; reflexively, to obey

Strong's KJV usage: :--be under obedience (obedient), put under, subdue unto, (be, make) subject (to, unto), be (put) in subjection (to, under), submit self unto.

Strong's first: Romans 13:1Strong's last: Romans 13:1

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HebrewH3212
יָלַךְ

yâlak · yaw-lak'

1 times translated as this KJV form1,045 total Strong's occurrences

v

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

Strong's KJV usage: × again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, × be weak.

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 13:24Strong's last: 2 Samuel 13:24

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HebrewH3381
יָרַד

yârad · yaw-rad'

1 times translated as this KJV form386 total Strong's occurrences

v

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)

Strong's KJV usage: × abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, × indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 19:12Strong's last: 1 Samuel 19:12

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HebrewH4994
נָא

nâʼ · naw

1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences

inj

'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

Strong's KJV usage: I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Judges 13:8Strong's last: Judges 13:8

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HebrewH7725
שׁוּב

shûwb · shoob

1 times translated as this KJV form1,105 total Strong's occurrences

v

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

Strong's KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) × again, (cause to) answer ( again), × in any case (wise), × at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, × certainly, come again (back), × consider, continually, convert, deliver (again), deny, draw back, fetch home again, × fro, get (oneself) (back) again, × give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, × needs, be past, × pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, × surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

Strong's first: Isaiah 43:13Strong's last: Isaiah 43:13

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HebrewH7760
שׂוּם

sûwm · soom

1 times translated as this KJV form583 total Strong's occurrences

v

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

Strong's KJV usage: × any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, name, × on, ordain, order, paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, stedfastly, take, × tell, tread down, (over-)turn, × wholly, work.

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 25:25Strong's last: 1 Samuel 25:25

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Nehemiah 1:6
no direct Strong's tag

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

Nehemiah 1:11
no direct Strong's tag

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

Nehemiah 2:3
no direct Strong's tag

And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

Nehemiah 2:7
no direct Strong's tag

Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;

Nehemiah 2:17
no direct Strong's tag

Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

Nehemiah 2:18
no direct Strong's tag

Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

Nehemiah 4:5
no direct Strong's tag

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

Nehemiah 4:22
no direct Strong's tag

Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

Nehemiah 5:10
no direct Strong's tag

I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

Nehemiah 6:2
no direct Strong's tag

That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

Nehemiah 6:7
no direct Strong's tag

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

Nehemiah 6:10
no direct Strong's tag

Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

Nehemiah 6:10
no direct Strong's tag

Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

Nehemiah 7:3
no direct Strong's tag

And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

Nehemiah 7:3
no direct Strong's tag

And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

Nehemiah 9:32
no direct Strong's tag

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

let

LET, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive let Letted is obsolete. [To let out, like Latin elocare, is to lease.]

1. To permit; to allow; to suffer; to give leave or power by a positive act, or negatively, to withhold restraint; not to prevent. A leaky ship lets water enter into the hold. let is followed by the infinitive without the sign to.

Pharaoh said, I will let you go. Exodus 8:1.

When the ship was caught and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. Acts 27:15.

2. To lease; to grant possession and use for a compensation; as, to let to farm; to let an estate for a year; to let a room to lodgers; often followed by out, as, to let out a farm; but the use of out is unnecessary.

3. To suffer; to permit; with the usual sign of the infinitive.

There's a letter for you, Sir, if your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is. [Not used.]

4. In the imperative mode, let has the following uses. Followed by the first and third persons, it expresses desire or wish; hence it is used in prayer and entreaty to superiors, and to those who have us in their power; as, let me not wander from thy commandments. Psalms 119:10.

Followed by the first person plural, let expresses exhortation or entreaty; as, rise, let us go.

Followed by the third person, it implies permission or command addressed to an inferior. let him go, let them remain, are commands addressed to the second person. let thou, or let ye, that is, do thou or you permit him to go.

Sometimes let is used to express a command or injunction to a third person. When the signal is given to engage, let every man do his duty.

When applied to things not rational, it implies allowance or concession.

O'er golden sands let rich Pactolus flow.

5. To retard; to hinder; to impede; to interpose obstructions. 2 Thessalonians 2:3.

[This sense is now obsolete, or nearly so.]

To let alone, to leave; to suffer to remain without intermeddling; as, let alone this idle project; let me alone.

To let down, to permit to sink or fall; to lower.

She let them down by a cord through the window. Joshua 2:15.

To let loose, to free from restraint; to permit to wander at large.

To let in or into, to permit or suffer to enter; to admit. Open the door, let in my friend. We are not let into the secrets of the cabinet.

To let blood, to open a vein and suffer the blood to flow out.

To let out, to suffer to escape; also, to lease or let to hire.

To let off, to discharge, to let fly, as an arrow; or cause to explode, as a gun.

LET, verb intransitive To forbear. obsolete

LET, noun A retarding; hinderance; obstacle; impediment; delay. [Obsolete, unless in some technical phrases.]

LET, a termination of diminutives; as hamlet, a little house; rivulet, a small stream. [See Little.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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