to call: call

Greek Verb

καλέω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for קרא;] 1) to call, summon: with accusative of person(s), Mat.20:8 25:14, Mrk.3:31, Luk.19:13, Act.4:18; before ἐκ, Mat.2:15 (LXX); metaphorically, 1Pe.2:9. 2) to call to one's house, invite: Luk.14:16, 1Co.10:27, Rev.19:9; εἰς τ. γάμους, Mat.22:3, 9 Luk.14:8, 9 Jhn.2:2; ὁ καλέσας, Luk.7:39; οἱ κεκλημένοι, Mat.22:8; metaphorically, of inviting to partake of the blessings of the kingdom of God (Dalman, Words, 118f.): Rom.8:30 9:24, 25 1Co.7:17, 18; before εἰς, 1Co.1:9, 1Th.2:12, 1Ti.6:12; ὁ καλῶν (καλέσας), of God, Gal.1:6 5:8, 1Th.5:24, 1Pe.1:15, 2Pe.1:3; οἱ κεκλκλημένοι, Heb.9:15; before ἐν (ἐπί), 1Co.7:15, Gal.5:13, Eph.4:4, 1Th.4:7; κλήσει, Eph.4:1, 2Ti.1:9. 3) to call, name call by name: pass, Mat.2:23, Luk.1:32, al; καλούμενος, Luk.7:11, Act.7:58, al; ὁ κ. (Deiss, BS, 210), Luk.6:15 22:3 23:33, Act.10:1, Rev.12:9, al; with pred nom, Mat.5:9, Luk.1:35, Rom.9:26, Jas.2:23, 1Jn.3:1. (Cf. ἀντι, ἐν, εἰσ- (-μαι), ἐπι, μετα, παρα, συν-παρα, προ, προσ, συν-καλέω.) (AS)

to call: call

Greek Verb

κᾰλέω, Aeolic dialect κάλημι (which see), Epic dialect infinitive καλήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect imperfect καλέεσκον [Refs]; 3rd.pers. singular κάλεσκε [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future, Ionic dialect καλέω [Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect καλῶ [LXX+5th c.BC+]aorist 1 subjunctive): aorist 1 ἐκάλεσα, Epic dialect ἐκάλεσσα, κάλεσσα, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (late Epic dialect ἔκλησα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: perfect κέκληκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, Attic dialect future καλοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later καλέσομαι (ἐκ, ἐπι-) uncertain reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐκαλεσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect καλεσσάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, future κεκλήσομαι [LXX+8th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκλήθην [Refs 7th c.BC+]perfect κέκλημαι, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural κεκλήαται [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Ionic dialect κεκλέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect κεκλήατο [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect κεκάλεσμαι Suid. see at {κλητή}. I) call, summon, εἰς ἀγορὴν καλέσαντα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγορήνδε, θάλαμόνδε, θάνατόνδε, [Refs 8th c.BC+] they had been summoned to the council, [Refs]infinitive, αὐτοὶ γὰρ κάλεον συμμητιάασθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τινὰ εἰς ἕ, ἐπὶ οἷ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; demand, require, ἡ ἡμέρα 'κείνη εὔνουν καὶ πλούσιον ἄνδρα ἐκάλει [Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist middle, καλέσασθαί τινα call to oneself, frequently in Epic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; call a witness, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2) call to one's house or to a repast, invite (not in [NT+8th c.BC+]; later usually with a word added, κ. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κληθέντες πρός τινα invited to his house, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ κεκλημένος the guest, [Refs 4th c.BC+] I.3) invoke, Δία [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, τοὺς θεοὺς καλούμεθα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but ἀράς, ἅς σοι καλοῦμαι which I call down on thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, of the god, to be invoked, [Refs 4th c.BC+] I.4) as law-term, summon, of the judge, καλεῖν τινας εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον cite or summon before the court, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; simply καλεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὁ ἄρχων τὴν δίκην καλεῖ calls on the case, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἡ πατροκτόνος δίκη κεκλῇτ᾽ ἂν αὐτῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν τὴν ἐμὴν [δίκην] καλεῖσθαι before it is called on, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but, I.4.b) of the plaintiff in middle, καλεῖσθαί τινα to sue at law, bring before the court, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ καλεσάμενος the plaintiff, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] I.5) with an abstract subject, demand, require, καλεῖ ἡ τάξις with infinitive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] I.6) metaphorically in passive, καλουμένης τῆς δυνάμεως πρὸς τὴν συναναληψίαν called forth, summoned, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) call by name, name, ὃν Βριάρεων καλέουσι θεοί [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄνομα καλεῖν τινα call him by a name, εἴπ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ὅττι σε κεῖθι κάλεον [Refs 8th c.BC+] (in passive, οὔνομα καλέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] shall be given to thy tomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ὄνομα ἐπί τινι give a name to something, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but call (a man) a name because of some function, [NT+2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be named or called, Μυρμιδόνες δὲ καλεῦντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ καλούμενος the socalled, ἐν τῇ Θεράπνῃ καλεομένῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τῶν ὁμοτίμων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κεκλημένος τινός called from or after him, [LXX+5th c.BC+] II.2) passive, to be called, almost ={εἰμί}, especially with words expressing kinship or status, ἐμὸς γαμβρὸς καλέεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially in perfect passive κέκλημαι, οὕνεκα σὴ παράκοιτις κέκλημαι because I am thy wife, [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.3) special constructions, a. Ἀλησίου ἔνθα κολώνη κέκληται where is the hill called the hill of Alesios, [Refs 8th c.BC+]active, ἔνθα Ῥέας πόρον ἄνθρωποι καλέοισιν where is the ford men call the ford of Rhea, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3.b) folld by a dependent clause, ἐκάλεσσέ νιν ἰσώνυμον ἔμμεν said that his name should be the same, [Refs]; καλεῖ με πλαστὸς ὡς εἴην πατρί, i.e. καλεῖ με πλαστόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καλοῦμέν γε παραδιδόντα μὲν διδάσκειν we say that one who delivers teaches, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise); bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)); akin to the base of g2753 (κελεύω);