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LET.—In Anglo-Saxon lætan meant ‘to permit’ and lettan, ‘to hinder.’ In course of time both words were spelled ‘let.’ Consequently in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , besides its modern meaning of ‘permit,’ the vb. ‘let’ sometimes has the opposite meaning of ‘hinder.’ Thus 2Th_2:7, ‘only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.’ The other places are Exo_5:4, Num_22:16 m, Isa_43:13, Wis_7:22, Rom_1:13.