2 Corinthians 11:33
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And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall: and so escaped his hands.

I let.

Joshua 2:18 If, when we come into the land, this scarlet cord be a sign, and thou tie it in the window, by which thou hast let us down: and gather together thy father and mother, and brethren, and all thy kindred into thy house.

1 Samuel 19:12 She let him down through a window. And he went and fled away, and escaped.

Context
Paul's Suffering and Service
32At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king, guarded the city of the Damascenes, to apprehend me. 33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall: and so escaped his hands.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:12
She let him down through a window. And he went and fled away, and escaped.

Psalm 124:7
Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered.

Acts 9:25
But the disciples, taking him in the night, conveyed him away by the wall, letting him down in a basket.

Lexicon
But
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

I was lowered
ἐχαλάσθην (echalasthēn)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 5465: To let down, lower, slacken, loosen. From the base of chasma; to lower.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

a basket
σαργάνῃ (sarganē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4553: A basket, generally of twisted cords. Apparently of Hebrew origin; a basket

through
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

a window
θυρίδος (thyridos)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2376: A small opening, window. From thura; an aperture, i.e. Window.

in
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

wall
τείχους (teichous)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5038: A wall, especially of a city. Akin to the base of tikto; a wall.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

escaped
ἐξέφυγον (exephygon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1628: To flee out, away, escape; with an acc: I escape something. From ek and pheugo; to flee out.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

grasp.
χεῖρας (cheiras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5495: A hand.


Additional Translations
But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.

But I was let down in a basket through a window through the wall, and I escaped his hands.

And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.

and through a window in a basket I was let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.

And through a window in a basket I was let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

but through an opening in the wall I was let down in a basket, and so escaped his hands.

Through a window I was let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.

and through a window in a rope basket I was let down, through the wall, and fled out of his hands.
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