to call

Greek Verb

φωνέω, -ῶ (φωνή), [in LXX for קָרָא (Jer.17:11, al.), etc;] I. Intrans. 1) Of persons, to call out, cry out, speak aloud: Luk.8:8; φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, Mrk.1:26, Act.16:28; ἐφώνησε (φωνῇ μεγάλῇ) λέγων, Luk.8:54, Rev.14:18; φωνήσαντες ἐπύθοντο, Act.10:18. 2) Of the cries of animals (rarely in cl; Isa.38:14, Je, l.with): of a cock, to crow, Mat.26:34, Mrk.14:30, Luk.22:3, Jhn.13:38 18:27. II. Trans. (in cl. chiefly poët.), with accusative of person(s), to call, summon, invite: Mat.20:32 27:47, Mrk.9:35 10:49 15:35, Luk.14:12 16:2 19:15, Jhn.1:49 2:9 4:16 10:3 11:28 12:17 18:33, Act.9:41 10:7; to address, call by name (Soph.), Jhn.13:13 (cf. ἀνα, ἐπι, προσ, συν-φωνέω). (AS)

to call

Greek Verb

φων-έω, (φωνή) produce a sound or tone: I) properly of men, speak loud or clearly, or simply, speak, give utterance, [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist (present and imperfect only in compounds); ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας ἀπέβη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα addressed him with a loud voice in winged words, [Refs]; φωνοῦντος ἢ ἠχοῦντος ἢ ψοφοῦντος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; followed by the words spoken, φώνησε (φώνασε codices) δ᾽, εὕδεις, βασιλεῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ βουλευταὶ ἐφώνησαν. the Senators exclaimed, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; “βέκος φ. utter the word βέκος, [Refs 5th c.BC+] having made her voice sound, [Refs 8th c.BC+] adjective, φ. μέγιστον ἀνθρώπων to have the loudest voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὸν φ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, cry aloud, as in joy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a singer, ἀοιδὸς. αἰόλα φωνέων [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —passive, τὰ φωνηθέντα sounds or words uttered, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2) of animals, utter their cries, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of birds,[Refs]; [τὰ σελάχη] φωνεῖν οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἔχει φάναι, ψοφεῖν δέ[LXX]; of the cock, crow, [NT] I.3) as law-term, affirm, testify in court, [Refs] I.4) of a musical instrument, sound, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sounds, ἡδὺ φωνεῖν sound sweetly, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; but βροντὴ φ. it has a voice, is significant, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.5) ἄφωνα καὶ φωνοῦντα consonants and vowels, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) with accusative person, call by name, call, Αἴαντα φωνῶ I call 'Ajax' [NT+5th c.BC+]; call by a name, ὑμεῖς φωνεῖτέ με ὁ διδάσκαλος [NT]:—passive, to be called, τὰ ἀρχαῖα ἐκπώματα κισσύβια φωνέεται [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II.2) φ. τινα with infinitive, command, σὲ φωνῶ νεκρὸν. μὴ συγκομίζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) invite, τοὺς φίλους [NT] II.4) with dative person, call to, cry to, Ζεῦ ἄνα, σοὶ φωνῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) with accusative of things, speak or tell of, προσβολὰς Ἐρινύων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁδοῦ τέλος. οἷον οὐδὲ φωνῆσαί τινι ἔξεσθ᾽ tell to any one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. τὸ Ἐπιχάρμειον recite it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation; call (for), crow, cry; from g5456 (φωνή);