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Strong's #1941 - ἐπικαλέομαι
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ἐπικαλεìομαι
Middle voice from G1909 and G2564
ἐπι -καλέω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7121;]
1. to call, name, surname: c. acc (cl.), Matthew 10:25; pass., Acts 1:23; Acts 4:36; Acts 10:5; Acts 10:18; Acts 10:22; Acts 11:13; Acts 12:12; Acts 12:25, Hebrews 11:16; τ . ὄνομα , seq. ἐπί (denoting possession, as Heb. H5921 . . H8036 H7121), Acts 15:17 (LXX), James 2:7 (see. CB on Amos 9:12).
2. Mid. (so also act.; cl., LXX), to call upon, invoke, appeal to (θεόν , θεούς , Hdt., Xen., al.; cf. Deiss., LAE, 426): Καίσαρα (Σεβαστόν , Acts 25:25), Acts 25:11-12; Acts 25:21; Acts 26:32; Acts 28:19; sc. τ . Κύριον Ἰησοῦν , Acts 7:59; μάρτυρα (cl.) τ . θεόν , 2 Corinthians 1:23; πατέρα , 1 Peter 1:17; τ . κύριον , Romans 10:12, 2 Timothy 2:22; τ . ὄνομα κυρίου (μου , σου ; like Heb. H3068 H8036 H7121), Acts 2:21 (LXX) Acts 9:14; Acts 9:21; Acts 22:16, Romans 10:13-14 (LXX) 1 Corinthians 1:2 (Cremer, 335, 742).†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
The various NT usages of this common verb can all be illustrated from our documents. Thus for the meaning ";surname"; see P Fay 12.1 (c. B.C. 103) βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι ἐπικαλ (ουμένῳ) Ἀλ [ε ]ξάνδρωι. . . χαίρειν, P Tebt II. 399.15 (ii/A.D.) ὑπὲρ ἐγγό ]ν ̣ο ̣υ Εὐδαίμονος ἐπικεκλημένου [Μυ. . ., BGU II. 447.25 (ii/A.D.), etc.; and for the simple ";call,"; see P Tebt II. 382.7 (B.C. 30—A.D. 1) ἀρού (ρας) ς ̄ ἐπεικαλουμένας Βασιλ (ικοῦ) Γρ (αμμάτεως), ";6 arourae called those of the Basilico-grammateus,"; ib. 319.6 (A.D. 248) ἐν τόπῳ ἐπικαλουμένῳ Καρίωνι, P Ryl II. 172.9 (A.D. 208) Φοινικῶνα περὶ κώμ (η ̣ν) Ἡφ (αιστιάδα) ἐπικαλούμενον Ἑρεννίου, ";the palm-garden called that of Herennius in the area of the village Hephaestias."; For ἐ. = ";accuse,"; see P Hib I. 62.5 (B.C. 245) κακοῦργον τὸν τ [ὴν ] λείαν ποιήσαντα ἐπικαλεῖ Τνᾶς Ἁρνούφιος, ";the criminal who did the pillage is accused by Tnas son of Harnouphis"; (Edd.), P Fay 97.20 (A.D. 78) ἐνκαλεῖν μηδ᾽ ἐπικ ̣[αλεῖν, ";make any claim or charge,"; so BGU I. 350.14 (time of Trajan). The middle usage ";invoke,"; ";call upon,"; as in Acts 7:59, is frequent in the magic papyri, as P Leid Wix. 35 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐπικαλοῦ τὸν τῆς ὥρας καὶ τὸν τῆς ἡμέρας θεόν, P Oxy VI. 886.10 (iii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 111) ἐπικαλοῦ με ̣, [ν (?)] τὸν (ἥλιον) κὲ τοὺς ἐν βυθῷ θεοὺς πάντας : cf. Syll 816.1 (ii/B.C.) (= LAE, p. 424) ἐπικαλοῦμαι καὶ ἀξιῶ τὸν θεὸν τὸν ὕψιστον. . . ἐπὶ τοὺς δόλωι φονεύσαντας κτλ. (for constr. with ἐπί, see 2 Corinthians 1:23). For ἐπίκλησις = ";spell,"; see P Lond 121.289 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 93) : in P Lille I. 29i. 27 (iii/B.C.) δούλων ἐπίκλησις καὶ τοῖς καταδικασαμένοις πρᾶξις is rendered ";recours contre les esclaves et moyens d’exécution pour ceux qui les ont fait condamner,"; the editor noting that this usage of ἐ. is unknown to the Attic vocabulary.
[Supplemental from 1930 edition]
ἐπίκλησις. See JTS xxv. (1924), p. 139 ff.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
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