Vocabulary Form
καλέω
Definition

I call, name, invite

Erasmian
Modern
Root
καλευ
Frequency
148
GK
2813
Forms
(ἐκάλουν), καλέσω, ἐκάλεσα, κέκληκα, κέκλημαι, ἐκλήθην
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.