καλέω

Vocabulary form:

kalevw

Definition:

I call, name, invite

Erasmian:

Modern:

Frequency:

148

GK:

2813

Root:

kaleu

Forms:

(ejkavloun), kalevsw, ejkavlesa, kevklhka, kevklhmai, ejklhvqhn

Cognates:

The Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, is a Christian's counselor, advocate, one who is called (klhtovV, "called") alongside (parav) to aid.

Mnemonics:

Call Leo!

Notes:

On the root see p. 160n16.

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 1:21	And she will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
Matthew 1:23	“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and give birth to a son, and they shall name (kalesousin \| καλέσουσιν \| fut act ind 3 pl) him Emmanuel,” which translated means “God is with us.”
Matthew 1:25	but he had no marital relations with her until she had given birth to a son; and he named (ekalesen \| ἐκάλεσεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) him Jesus.
Matthew 2:7	Then Herod secretly called (kalesas \| καλέσας \| aor act ptcp nom sg masc) for the magi and found out from them exactly what time the star had appeared.
Matthew 2:15	and was there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I have called (ekalesa \| ἐκάλεσα \| aor act ind 1 sg) my son.”
Matthew 2:23	And he went and settled in a town called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: “He (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) will (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) be (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) called (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) a Nazarene.”
Matthew 4:21	And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, preparing their nets. And he called (ekalesen \| ἐκάλεσεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to them.
Matthew 5:9	Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will (klēthēsontai \| κληθήσονται \| fut pass ind 3 pl) be (klēthēsontai \| κληθήσονται \| fut pass ind 3 pl) called (klēthēsontai \| κληθήσονται \| fut pass ind 3 pl) sons of God.
Matthew 5:19	Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) be (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) called (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches others, this person will (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) be (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) called (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 9:13	Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call (kalesai \| καλέσαι \| aor act inf ) the pious, but sinners, to repentance.”
Matthew 20:8	And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call (kaleson \| κάλεσον \| aor act imperative 2 sg) the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and going back to the first.’
Matthew 21:13	And he said to them, “It stands written, ‘My house will (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) be (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) called (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of thieves.”
Matthew 22:3	and sent his servants to call (kalesai \| καλέσαι \| aor act inf ) those who had been invited (keklēmenous \| κεκλημένους \| perf pass ptcp acc pl masc) to the feast; but they would not come.
Matthew 22:4	Then he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited (keklēmenois \| κεκλημένοις \| perf pass ptcp dat pl masc), “See, I have prepared my banquet, my oxen and fattened calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’
Matthew 22:8	Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited (keklēmenoi \| κεκλημένοι \| perf pass ptcp nom pl masc) were not worthy.
Matthew 22:9	Go therefore to the busy intersections and invite (kalesate \| καλέσατε \| aor act imperative 2 pl) everyone you can find to the wedding feast.’
Matthew 22:43	He said to them, “How then does (kalei \| καλεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) David in the Spirit call (kalei \| καλεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) him ‘Lord,’ saying,
Matthew 22:45	If therefore David calls (kalei \| καλεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”
Matthew 23:7	and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called (kaleisthai \| καλεῖσθαι \| pres pass inf ) ‘Rabbi’ by others.
Matthew 23:8	But you are (klēthēte \| κληθῆτε \| aor pass subj 2 pl) not to be called (klēthēte \| κληθῆτε \| aor pass subj 2 pl) ‘Rabbi,’ for you have but one teacher, and you are all brothers.
Matthew 23:9	And do (kalesēte \| καλέσητε \| aor act subj 2 pl) not call (kalesēte \| καλέσητε \| aor act subj 2 pl) anyone on earth your ‘father,’ for you have but one Father, and he is in heaven.
Matthew 23:10	Nor should you be called (klēthēte \| κληθῆτε \| aor pass subj 2 pl) ‘instructors,’ because Christ is your only instructor.
Matthew 25:14	“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man about to leave on a long trip, who called (ekalesen \| ἐκάλεσεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) in his servants and entrusted his money to them.
Matthew 27:8	Therefore that field has been called (eklēthē \| ἐκλήθη \| aor pass ind 3 sg) the “Field of Blood” to this very day.
Mark 1:20	And immediately he called (ekalesen \| ἐκάλεσεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) them, and they left their father their Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
Mark 2:17	When Jesus heard Jesus this he said to them, “Those who are in good health have no need have “Those who are in good health of a doctor, but those who are physically ill. who are I have not come to call (kalesai \| καλέσαι \| aor act inf ) the pious, but sinners, to repentance.”
Mark 3:31	Then came, his mother his and his brothers his came, and standing outside they sent word to him, calling (kalountes \| καλοῦντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc) for him.
Mark 11:17	And he was teaching and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) be (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) called (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a hideout for robbers.’”
Luke 1:13	But the angel said to him: “Do not fear, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call (kaleseis \| καλέσεις \| fut act ind 2 sg) his name John.
Luke 1:31	Look, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you will call (kaleseis \| καλέσεις \| fut act ind 2 sg) his name Jesus.
Luke 1:32	This very one will be great, and will (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) be (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) called (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
Luke 1:35	And the angel answered, saying to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you: therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) the Son of God.
Luke 1:36	Look, your relative Elizabeth, she also has conceived a son in her old age; indeed, this is the sixth month with her who was called (kaloumenē \| καλουμένῃ \| pres pass ptcp dat sg fem) barren.
Luke 1:59	On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to call (ekaloun \| ἐκάλουν \| imperf act ind 3 pl) him by the name of his father, Zechariah.
Luke 1:60	But his mother responded, saying, “No; he (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) is (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) rather to be called (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) John.”
Luke 1:61	And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called (kaleitai \| καλεῖται \| pres pass ind 3 sg) by this name.”
Luke 1:62	So they motioned to his father to find out what he would like him to be called (kaleisthai \| καλεῖσθαι \| pres pass inf ).
Luke 1:76	And you, child, will (klēthēsē \| κληθήσῃ \| fut pass ind 2 sg) be (klēthēsē \| κληθήσῃ \| fut pass ind 2 sg) called (klēthēsē \| κληθήσῃ \| fut pass ind 2 sg) prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
Luke 2:4	So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called (kaleitai \| καλεῖται \| pres pass ind 3 sg) Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
Luke 2:21	When eight days had gone by and it was time to circumcise him, his name was called (eklēthē \| ἐκλήθη \| aor pass ind 3 sg) Jesus, the name he was called (klēthen \| κληθέν \| aor pass ptcp nom sg neut) by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Luke 2:23	(as it is written in the law of the Lord: “Every male who first opens the womb will (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) be (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) called (klēthēsetai \| κληθήσεται \| fut pass ind 3 sg) holy to the Lord”)
Luke 5:32	I have not come to call (kalesai \| καλέσαι \| aor act inf ) righteous people, but sinners, to repentance.”
Luke 6:15	and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called (kaloumenon \| καλούμενον \| pres pass ptcp acc sg masc) a Zealot,
Luke 6:46	“Why do (kaleite \| καλεῖτε \| pres act ind 2 pl) you (kaleite \| καλεῖτε \| pres act ind 2 pl) call (kaleite \| καλεῖτε \| pres act ind 2 pl) me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?
Luke 7:11	It happened soon afterward that Jesus went to a town called (kaloumenēn \| καλουμένην \| pres pass ptcp acc sg fem) Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.
Luke 7:39	When the Pharisee who had (kalesas \| καλέσας \| aor act ptcp nom sg masc) invited (kalesas \| καλέσας \| aor act ptcp nom sg masc) him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him — that she is a sinner.”
Luke 8:2	as well as certain women who had been healed from evil spirits and diseases (Mary who is called (kaloumenē \| καλουμένη \| pres pass ptcp nom sg fem) Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
Luke 9:10	When the apostles returned they recounted to Jesus all they had done; and he took them and withdrew privately to a town called (kaloumenēn \| καλουμένην \| pres pass ptcp acc sg fem) Bethsaida.
Luke 10:39	She had a sister called (kaloumenē \| καλουμένη \| pres pass ptcp nom sg fem) Mary, who, after she had seated herself at the feet of the Lord, was listening to his teaching.
Luke 14:7	He began speaking a parable to those who had been invited (keklēmenous \| κεκλημένους \| perf pass ptcp acc pl masc) when he noticed how they were seeking out the places of honor. He said to them,

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