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Strong's G2564 · Greek

καλέω

kaleo · kal-eh'-o

akin to the base of 2753; to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

καλέω (G2564)

148 καλέω , -ῶ , [in LXX chiefly for קרא ;] to call , summon : c. acc. pers., Mt 20:8 25:14 , Mk 3:31 , Lk 19:13 , Ac 4:18 ; seq. ἐκ , Mt 2:15 (LXX) ; metaph., I Pe 2:9 . to call to one's house , invite : Lk 14:16 , I Co 10:27 , Re 19:9 ; εἰς τ. γάμους , Mt 22:3 , 9 , Lk 14:8 , 9 , Jo 2:2 ; ὁ καλέσας , Lk 7:39 ; οἱ κεκλημένοι , Mt 22:8 ; metaph., of inviting to partake of the blessings of the kingdom of God (Dalman, Words , 118 f.): Ro 8:30 9:24 , 25 , I Co 7:17 , 18 ; seq. εἰς , I Co 1:9 , I Th 2:12 , I Ti 6:12 ; ὁ καλῶν ( καλέσας ), of God, Ga 1:6 5:8 , I Th 5:24 , I Pe 1:15 , II Pe 1:3 ; οἱ κεκλκλημένοι , He 9:15 ; seq. ἐν ( ἐπί ), I Co 7:15 , Ga 5:13 , Eph 4:4 , I Th 4:7 ; κλήσει , Eph 4:1 , II Ti 1:9 . to call , name , call by name : pass., Mt 2:23 , Lk 1:32 , al.; καλούμενος , Lk 7:11 , Ac 7:58 , al.; ὁ κ. (Deiss., BS , 210), Lk 6:15 22:3 23:33 , Ac 10:1 , Re 12:9 , al.; c. pred. nom., Mt 5:9 , Lk 1:35 , Ro 9:26 , Ja 2:23 , I Jo 3:1 . (Cf. ἀντι-, ἐν-, εἰσ- (-μαι), ἐπι-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, προ-, προσ-, συν-καλέω .)

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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