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Strong's #2564 - καλέω
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- to call
- to call aloud, utter in a loud voice
- to invite
- to call i.e. to name, by name
- to give a name to
- to receive the name of, receive as a name
- to give some name to one, call his name
- to be called i.e. to bear a name or title (among men)
- to salute one by name
- to give a name to
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κᾰλέω,
Aeol. κάλημι (q.v.), inf. καλήμεναι Il. 10.125: Ion. impf. καλέεσκον 6.402; 3 sg. κάλεσκε A.R. 4.1514: fut., Ion. καλέω Il. 3.383, Att. καλῶ Pl. Smp. 175a, X. Smp. 1.15, etc.; later καλέσω LXX Genesis 16:11, al., Ph. 1.69, (παρα-) D. 8.14 codd., SIG 656.40 (Teos, ii B.C.), (ἐγ-) v.l. in D. 19.133, cf. 23.123 codd. (καλέσω in S. Ph. 1452 (anap.), Ar. Pl. 964, etc., is aor. 1 subj.): aor. 1 ἐκάλεσα, ἐκάλεσσα, κάλεσσα, Od. 17.379, Il. 16.693 (late ἔκλησα Nic. Fr. 86, late Prose ἐκάλησα Ps.Callisth. 3.35): pf. κέκληκα Ar. Pl. 260, etc.: —
Med., Att. fut. καλοῦμαι Id. Nu. 1221, Ec. 864; in pass. sense, S. El. 971, E. Or. 1140, etc.; later καλέσομαι (ἐκ-, ἐπι-) dub.l. in Aeschin. 1.174, Lycurg. 17: aor.1 ἐκαλεσάμην Hdt. 7.189, Pl. Lg. 937a; καλεσσάμην Il. 1.54, 3 pl. καλέσαντο ib. 270: —
Pass., fut. κεκλήσομαι Il. 3.138, A. Th. 698 (lyr.), Pr. 840, etc.; κληθήσομαι Pl. Lg. 681d, LXX Genesis 48:6, v.l. in E. Tr. 13: aor. ἐκλήθην Archil. 78, S. OT 1359, Ar. Th. 862, etc.: pf. κέκλημαι, Ephesians 3:1-21 pl. κεκλήαται A.R. 1.1128, Ion. κεκλέαται Hdt. 2.164; Ephesians 3:1-21 pl. plpf. κεκλήατο Il. 10.195; opt. κεκλῄμην, κεκλῇο S. Ph. 119, κεκλῄμεθα Ar. Lys. 253: late pf. κεκάλεσμαι Suid.s.v. κλητή.
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1. call, summon, εἰς ἀγορὴν καλέσαντα Od. 1.90; ἐς Ὄλυμπον Il. 1.402; ἀγορήνδε, θάλαμόνδε, θάνατόνδε, Il. 20.4, Od. 2.348, Il. 16.693: c. acc. only, κεκλήατο (for -ηντο) βουλήν they had been summoned to the council, 10.195: folld. by inf., αὐτοὶ γὰρ κάλεον συμμητιάασθαι ib. 197; καιρὸς καλεῖ.. S. Ph. 466; κἄμ' ὑπηρετεῖν καλεῖς Id. El. 996; κ. τινὰ εἰς ἕ, ἐπὶ οἷ, Il. 23.203, Od. 17.330, etc.; εἰς μαρτυρίαν κληθείς Pl. Lg. 937a; ἐμὲ νῦν ἤδη καλεῖ ἡ εἱμαρμένη Id. Phd. 115a; demand, require, ἡ ἡμέρα 'κείνη εὔνουν καὶ πλούσιον ἄνδρα ἐκάλει D. 18.172: aor. Med., καλέσασθαί τινα call to oneself, freq. in , Il. 1.270, Od. 8.43, etc.; φωνῇ Il. 3.161; ἀγορήνδε λαόν 1.54; call a witness, Pl. Lg. l.c.
2. call to one's house or to a repast, invite (not in Il.), Od. 10.231, 17.382, al., 1 Corinthians 10:27; later usu. with a word added, κ. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον Hdt. 9.16 (Pass.), X. Cyr. 2.1.30, etc.; ἐς ἔρανον Pi. O. 1.37; ἐς θοίνην E. Ion 1140; ὑπὸ σοῦ κεκλημένος Pl. Smp. 174d, etc.; κληθέντες πρός τινα invited to his house, D. 19.196; ὁ κεκλημένος the guest, Damox. 2.26.
3. invoke, Δία Hdt. 1.44, cf. Pi. O. 6.58, A. Th. 223; at sacrifices, Sch. Ar. Ra. 482; μάρτυρας κ. θεούς S. Tr. 1248, cf. D. 18.141: — Med., τοὺς θεοὺς καλούμεθα A. Ch. 201, cf. 216; also μαρτύριά τε καὶ τεκμήρια καλεῖσθε Id. Eu. 486; but ἀράς, ἅς σοι καλοῦμαι which I call down on thee, S. OC 1385: — Pass., of the god, to be invoked, A. Eu. 417.
4. as law-term, summon, of the judge, καλεῖν τινας εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον cite or summon before the court, D. 19.211, etc.; simply καλεῖν ib.212, Ar. V. 851, etc.; ἐὰν μὲν καλέσῃ D. 21.56; also ὁ ἄρχων τὴν δίκην καλεῖ calls on the case, Ar. V. 1441: — Pass., ἡ πατροκτόνος δίκη κεκλῇτ' ἂν αὐτῷ S. Fr. 696; πρὶν τὴν ἐμὴν [ δίκην ] καλεῖσθαι before it is called on, Ar. Nu. 780; καλουμένης τῆς γραφῆς D. 58.43; but, of the plaintiff in Med., καλεῖσθαί τινα to sue at law, bring before the court, Ar. Nu. 1221, al., D. 23.63; κ. τινὰ ὕβρεως Ar. Av. 1046; κ. τινὰ πρὸς τὴν ἀρχήν Pl. Lg. 914c; ὁ καλεσάμενος the plaintiff, PHal. 1.224 (iii B.C.).
5. with an abstract subject, demand, require, καλεῖ ἡ τάξις c. inf., CPHerm. 25ii7 (iii A.D.).
6. metaph. in Pass., καλουμένης τῆς δυνάμεως πρὸς τὴν συναναληψίαν called forth, summoned, Sor. 1.29.
II
1. call by name, name, ὃν Βριάρεων καλέουσι θεοί Il. 1.403, cf. Od. 5.273, etc.; κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσι Il. 5.306; ὥς σφας καλοῦμεν Εὐμενίδας S. OC 486, cf. A. Pr. 86, etc.; ὄνομα καλεῖν τινα call him by a name, εἴπ' ὄνομ' ὅττι σε κεῖθι κάλεον Od. 8.550, cf. E. Ion 259, Pl. Cra. 383b, etc. (in Pass., οὔνομα καλέεσθαι Hdt. 1.173, cf. Pi. O. 6.56): without ὄνομα, τί νιν καλοῦσα τύχοιμ' ἄν; A. Ag. 1232; τοῦτο αὐτὴν κάλεον Call. Fr. 66b; τούτοις τὸ ὄνομα ἱμάτια ἐκαλέσαμεν Pl. Plt. 279e (Pass., τύμβῳ δ' ὄνομα σῷ κεκλήσεται shall be given to thy tomb, E. Hec. 1271); κ. ὄνομα ἐπί τινι give a name to something, Pl. Prm. 147d; but call (a man) a name because of some function, Id. Sph. 218c; κ. τινὰ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρός Luke 1:59; ἐπ' ὀνόματος καλεῖν τινα Plb. 35.4.11: — Pass., to be named or called, Μυρμιδόνες δὲ καλεῦντο Il. 2.684; εἰ τόδ' αὐτῷ φίλον κεκλημένῳ A. Ag. 161 (lyr.); ὁ καλούμενος the socalled, ἐν τῇ Θεράπνῃ καλεομένῃ Hdt. 6.61; ὁ κ. θάνατος Pl. Phd. 86d; οἱ τῶν ὁμοτίμων κ. X. Cyr. 2.1.9; κεκλημένος τινός called from or after him, Pi. P. 3.67; καλεῖσθαι ἐπί τινι LXX Genesis 48:6; κέκληνται δέ σφιν ἕδραι Pi. O. 7.76.
2. Pass., to be called, almost = εἰμί, esp. with words expressing kinship or status, ἐμὸς γαμβρὸς καλέεσθαι Od. 7.313, cf. A. Pers. 2 (anap.); ἀφνειοὶ καλέονται Od. 15.433; esp. in pf. Pass. κέκλημαι, οὕνεκα σὴ παράκοιτις κέκλημαι because I am thy wife, Il. 4.61; φίλη κεκλήσῃ ἄκοιτις 3.138; αἲ γὰρ ἐμοὶ τοιόσδε πόσις κεκλημένος εἴη Od. 6.244; ἠγάγετ' ἐς μέγα δῶμα φίλην κεκλῆσθαι ἄκοιτιν Hes. Th. 410; σὴ κεκλημένη.. ἦα h.Ap. 324; μηδ' ἔτι Τηλεμάχοιο πατὴρ κεκλημένος εἴην Il. 2.260; οὔτινος δοῦλοι κέκληνται A. Pers. 242, cf. S. El. 366, etc.
3. special constructions, a. Ἀλησίου ἔνθα κολώνη κέκληται where is the hill called the hill of Alesios, Il. 11.758; ἵνα κριοῦ καλέονται εὐναί A.R. 4.115; ἔνθα ἡ Τριπυργία καλεῖται X. HG 5.1.10, etc.: -so in Act., ἔνθα Ῥέας πόρον ἄνθρωποι καλέοισιν where is the ford men call the ford of Rhea, Pi. N. 9.41, cf. κικλήσκω, κλῄζω, κλέω. folld by a dependent clause, ἐκάλεσσέ νιν ἰσώνυμον ἔμμεν said that his name should be the same, Id. O. 9.63; καλεῖ με πλαστὸς ὡς εἴην πατρί, i.e. καλεῖ με πλαστόν S. OT 780; καλοῦμέν γε παραδιδόντα μὲν διδάσκειν we say that one who delivers teaches, Pl. Tht. 198b, cf. Smp. 205d; τὰς ἀμπέλους τραγᾶν καλοῦσιν Arist. HA 546a3.
καλέω, καλῷ; imperfect ἐκάλουν; future καλέσω (Winer's Grammar, § 13, 3 c.); 1 aorist ἐκάλεσα; perfect κέκληκά; passive, present καλοῦμαι; perfect 3 person singular κέκληται (1 Corinthians 7:18 L T Tr WH; (Revelation 19:13 L T Tr WH)), participle κεκλημένος; 1 aorist ἐκλήθην; 1 future κληθήσομαι; (from Homer down); Hebrew קָרָא; Latinvoco; i. e.:
1. to call (German rufen (cf. βοάω, at the end));
a. to call aloud, utter in a loud voice: ἄχρις οὗ τό σήμερον καλεῖται, as long as the word 'today' is called out or proclaimed, Hebrews 3:13; τινα, to call one to approach or stand before one, Matthew 20:8; Matthew 22:3 (where εἰς τούς γάμους seems to belong to τούς κεκλημένος); Matthew 25:14; (Mark 3:31 L T Tr WH); Luke 19:13; τά ἰδίᾳ πρόβατα κατ' ὄνομα, his own sheep each by its name, John 10:3 (where L T Tr WH φωνεῖ); used of Christ, calling certain persons to be his disciples and constant companions, Matthew 4:21 (note what precedes in 19: δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου); Mark 1:20; to order one to be summoned, Matthew 2:15 (see just below); before the judges, Acts 4:18; Acts 24:2; followed by ἐκ with the genitive of place, equivalent to to call out, call forth from: Matthew 2:15, cf. Hebrews 11:8. metaphorically, to cause to pass from one state into another: τινα ἐκ σκότους εἰς τό φῶς, 1 Peter 2:9.
b. like the Latinvoco equivalent to to invite; properly: εἰς τούς γάμους, Matthew 22:3, 9; Luke 14:8; John 2:2; to a feast, Luke 14:16; 1 Corinthians 10:27 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)); Revelation 19:9; ὁ καλέσας, Luke 7:39; Luke 14:9; ὁ κεκληκώς τινα, Luke 14:10, 12; οἱ κεκλημένοι, Matthew 22:8; Luke 14:7, 17, 24; (2 Samuel 13:23; Esther 5:12; and often so in Greek writings from Homer, Odyssey 4, 532; 11,187 down). β. metaphorically: to invite one, εἰς τί, to something i. e. to participate in it, enjoy it; used thus in the Epistles of Paul and Peter of God as inviting men by the preaching of the gospel (διά τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, 2 Thessalonians 2:14) to the blessings of the heavenly kingdom: εἰς τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1 Thessalonians 2:12; εἰς ζωήν αἰώνιον, 1 Timothy 6:12; εἰς δόξαν αἰώνιον, 1 Peter 5:10; εἰς τήν κοινωνίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, 1 Corinthians 1:9; so καλεῖν τινα used alone: Romans 8:30; Romans 9:24; 1 Corinthians 7:17f, 20-22, 24; τινα καλεῖν κλήσει, 2 Timothy 1:9; ἐν ᾧ ἐκληθημεν, in whom lies the reason why we were called, who is the ground of our having been invited, Ephesians 1:11 Lachmann; ἄξιος τῆς κλήσεως, ἧς (by attraction for ἡ (or perhaps ἥν; cf. Winers Grammar, § 24, 1; Buttmann, 287 (247); Ellicott, in the place cited)) ἐκλήθητε, Ephesians 4:1; God is styled ὁ καλῶν τινα (he that calleth one, the caller, cf. Winer's Grammar, § 45, 7), Galatians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; and ὁ καλέσας τινα, Galatians 1:6; Colossians 1:12 Lachmann; 1 Peter 1:15; 2 Peter 1:3. οἱ κεκλημένοι, Hebrews 9:15; καλεῖν and καλεῖσθαι are used with a specification of the mediate end (for the highest or final end of the calling is eternal salvation): ἐπ' ἐλευθερία, Galatians 5:13; οὐκ ἐπ' ἀκαθαρσία ἀλλ' ἐν ἁγιασμῷ, 1 Thessalonians 4:7; ἐν εἰρήνη, 1 Corinthians 7:15; ἐν ἑνί ἐλπίδι, that ye might come into one hope, Ephesians 4:4 (see ἐν, I. 7 (yet cf. Winers Grammar, 417 (389); Buttmann, 329 (283); especially Ellicott in loc.), and ἐπί, Buttmann, 2 a. ζ'.); εἰς εἰρήνην τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν ἑνί σώματι, that ye may be in one body i. e. be members of one and the same body, Colossians 3:15; εἰς τοῦτο (which refers to what precedes) followed by ἵνα, 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Peter 3:9; (but everywhere in the N. T. Epistles only those are spoken of as called by God who have listened to his voice addressed to them in the gospel, hence those who have enlisted in the service of Christ — see Romans 8:30 and Rückert's Commentary, at the passage cited, p. 464, cf. 1 Corinthians 1:24; those who have slighted the invitation are not reckoned among the called); Christ also is said καλεῖν τινα, namely, to embrace the offer of salvation by the Messiah, in Matthew 9:13 and Mark 2:17 (in both passages Rec. adds εἰς μετάνοιαν). God is said to call those who are not yet born, viz. by promises of salvation which have respect to them, so that καλεῖν is for substance equivalent to to appoint one to salvation, Romans 9:12 (11); καλοῦντος τά μή ὄντα ὡς ὄντα, Romans 4:17, where cf. Fritzsche (others besides, cf. Meyer (especially Weiss edition) at the passage). to call (equivalent to to select) to assume some office, τινα, of God appointing or committing an office to one (German berufen): Galatians 1:15; Hebrews 5:4 (Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 51:2). to invite equivalent to to rouse, summon: to do something, εἰς μετάνοιαν, Luke 5:32, added in Rec. also in Matthew 9:13 and Mark 2:17.
2. to call i. e. to name, call by name;
a. to give a name to; with two accusatives, one of the object the other of the name as a predicate (to call one (by) a name: Matthew 10:25 Rec.; cf. Winers Grammar, § 32, 4 b.; Buttmann, 151 (132) note); passive with the nominative of the name, to receive the name of, receive as a name: Matthew 2:23; Matthew 27:8; Luke 1:32, 60, 62; Luke 2:4, etc.; καλούμενος, called, whose name or surname is, Luke 7:11; Luke 9:10; Luke 10:39; Acts 7:58; Acts 27:8, 16; ὁ καλούμενος (on its position cf. Buttmann, § 144, 19): Luke 6:15; Luke 8:2; (Luke 22:3 T Tr WH);
b. Passive καλοῦμαι with predicate nominative to be called i. e. to bear a name or title (among men) (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 8): Luke 1:35; Luke 22:25; Acts 8:10 (Rec. omits καλοῦμαι); 1 Corinthians 15:9; to be said to be (equivalent to to be acknowledged, pass as, the nominative expressing the judgment passed on one): Matthew 5:9, 19; Luke 1:32, 35, 76; Luke 2:23; Luke 15:19; Romans 9:26; James 2:23; opposed to εἶναι, 1 John 3:1 L T Tr WH; Hebraistically (Genesis 21:12) ἐν Ἰσαάκ κληθήσεται σοι σπέρμα, through (better in, cf. ἐν, I. 6 c. and Meyer (edited by Weiss) ad Romans, the passage cited) Isaac shall a seed be called for thee, i. e. Isaac (not Ishmael) is the one whose posterity shall obtain the name and honor of thy descendants, Romans 9:7 and Hebrews 11:18.
c. καλῷ τινα, with an accusative of the predicate or a title of honor, to salute one by a name: Matthew 23:9; passive, Matthew 23:7f, 10; Revelation 19:11 (but Tr marginal reading WH brackets καλῷ); to give a name to one and mention him at the same time, Matthew 22:43, 45; Luke 20:44. (Compare: ἀντικαλέω, ἐνκαλέω, εἰσκαλέω (καλέομαι), ἐπικαλέω, μετακαλέω, παρακαλέω, συνπαρακαλέω, προκαλέω, προσκαλέω, συγκαλέω.)
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καλέω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7121;]
1. to call, summon: c. acc pers., Matthew 20:8; Matthew 25:14, Mark 3:31, Luke 19:13, Acts 4:18; seq. ἐκ , Matthew 2:15 (LXX); metaph., 1 Peter 2:9.
2. to call to one's house, invite: Luke 14:16, 1 Corinthians 10:27, Revelation 19:9; εἰς τ . γάμους , Matthew 22:3; Matthew 22:9, Luke 14:8-9, John 2:2; ὁ καλέσας , Luke 7:39; οἱ κεκλημένοι , Matthew 22:8; metaph., of inviting to partake of the blessings of the kingdom of God (Dalman, Words, 118 f.): Romans 8:30; Romans 9:24-25, 1 Corinthians 7:17-18; seq. εἰς , 1 Corinthians 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:12, 1 Timothy 6:12; ὁ καλῶν (καλέσας ), of God, Galatians 1:6; Galatians 5:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:24, 1 Peter 1:15, 2 Peter 1:3; οἱ κεκλημένοι , Hebrews 9:15; seq. ἐν (ἐπί ), 1 Corinthians 7:15, Galatians 5:13, Ephesians 4:4, 1 Thessalonians 4:7; κλήσει , Ephesians 4:1, 2 Timothy 1:9.
3. to call, name, call by name: pass., Matthew 2:23, Luke 1:32, al.; καλούμενος , Luke 7:11, Acts 7:58, al.; ὁ κ . (Deiss., BS, 210), Luke 6:15; Luke 22:3; Luke 23:33, Acts 10:1, Revelation 12:9, al.; c. pred. nom., Matthew 5:9, Luke 1:35, Romans 9:26, James 2:23, 1 John 3:1.
(Cf. ἀντι -, ἐν -, εἰσ - (-μαι ), ἐπι -, μετα -, παρα -, συν -παρα -, προ -, Προσ -, σνν -καλέω .)
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For this verb = ";summon,"; ";invite,"; as in Matthew 22:8 al., see P Oxy XII. 1487.1 (iv/A.D.) καλῖ σε Θέων υἱὸς Ὠριγένους εἰς τοὺς γάμους τῆς ἀδελφῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἐν τῇ αὔριον, and similarly ib. 1486.1 (iv/A.D.). In both instances it is noticeable that καλῖ takes the place of the earlier ἐρωτᾷ, cf. ib. 1484, 1485. See also P Hamb I. 29.3 (A.D. 89) κληθέντων τινῶν. . καὶ μὴ ὑπακουσάντων. The participle is common = ";called,"; ";named,"; as in Luke 7:11 al., e.g. P Petr II. 45ii. 20 (B.C. 246) εἰς φρούριον τὸ καλούμενον [Π ]οσιδέον, Ostr 1210.4 (Roman) Πασήμιο (ς) Πικῶτο (ς) καλ (ούμενος), BGU I. 349.7 (A.D. 313) ἐν κλήρῳ καλουμένου (l. – ένῳ) Ἀφρικιανός and P Oxy X. 1273.7 (A.D. 260) περιτραχήλιον μανιάκην, καλούμενον, ";a necklace of the kind called maniaces"; (Edd.). With the usage in Galatians 1:15 we may compare CP Herm I. 25ii. 7 Ἀντωνῖνος κληθήσεται and ib. 26.14 εἰ δοκεῖ σ [οι ] κληθῆναι. . . αὐτούς, where the reference is to summoning or calling as a witness : cf. BGU IV. 1138.13 (B.C. 19). In P Leid Wix. 36 (ii/iii A.D.) the worshipper is exhorted to invoke the gods of hours and days—εἰ μὴ γὰρ αὐτοὺς καλέσῃς, . . οὐκ ἐπακούουσι : cf. also Kaibel 481.2 f. τὴν σὴν εὔνοιαν καὶ πίστιν, Φαῖδρε, καλοῦντες | ἐν βιοτῆς μέτροις οὔποτε παυσόμεθα, where the verb is practically = κλείω. See also P Fay 135.2 (iv/A.D.) cited s.v. καιρός. MGr καλνῶ, καλῶ.
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