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καλέω
kaléō · Greek · Strong's G2564 · 148 occurrences
The KJV renders 9 different Hebrew and Greek words as “call”
What it means
to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
akin to the base of G2753 (κελεύω);
How the KJV renders it
bid, call, whose, whose surname
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“call”
also renders phōnéō (G5455), onomázō (G3687), epilégomai (G1951), eréō (G2046), eponomázō (G2028), prosagoreúō (G4316), légō (G3004), qᵉrâʼ (H7123)
Questions this word decides
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
- Can a Christian lose their salvation?
- Does the Bible teach predestination?
Where it appears
148 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:9 V-API-2P1 Corinthians 7:15 V-RAI-3S1 Corinthians 7:17 V-RAI-3S1 Corinthians 7:18 V-API-3S1 Corinthians 7:20 V-API-3S1 Corinthians 7:21 V-API-2S1 Corinthians 7:22 V-APP-NSM1 Corinthians 7:24 V-API-3S1 Corinthians 10:27 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 15:9 V-PPN1 John 3:1 V-APS-1P1 Peter 1:15 V-AAP-ASM1 Peter 2:9 V-AAP-GSM1 Peter 2:21 V-API-2P1 Peter 3:6 V-PAP-NSF1 Peter 3:9 V-API-2P1 Peter 5:10 V-AAP-NSM1 Thessalonians 2:12 V-PAP-GSM1 Thessalonians 4:7 V-AAI-3S1 Thessalonians 5:24 V-PAP-NSM1 Timothy 6:12 V-API-2S2 Peter 1:3 V-AAP-GSM2 Thessalonians 2:14 V-AAI-3S2 Timothy 1:9 V-AAP-GSMActs 1:12 V-PPP-GSNActs 1:19 V-APNActs 1:23 V-PPP-ASMActs 3:11 V-PPP-DSFActs 4:18 V-AAP-NPMActs 7:58 V-PPP-GSMActs 8:10 V-PPP-NSFActs 9:11 V-PPP-ASFActs 10:1 V-PPP-GSFActs 13:1 V-PPP-NSMActs 14:12 V-IAI-3PActs 15:22 V-PPP-ASMActs 15:37 V-PPP-ASMActs 24:2 V-APP-GSMActs 27:8 V-PPP-ASMActs 27:14 V-PPP-NSMActs 27:16 V-PPP-ASNActs 28:1 V-PPI-3SColossians 3:15 V-API-2PEphesians 4:1 V-API-2PEphesians 4:4 V-API-2PGalatians 1:6 V-AAP-GSMGalatians 1:15 V-AAP-NSMGalatians 5:8 V-PAP-GSMGalatians 5:13 V-API-2PHebrews 2:11 V-PANHebrews 3:13 V-PPI-3SHebrews 5:4 V-PPP-NSMHebrews 9:15 V-RPP-NPMHebrews 11:8 V-PPP-NSMHebrews 11:18 V-FPI-3SJames 2:23 V-API-3SJohn 1:43 V-FPI-2SJohn 2:2 V-API-3SLuke 1:13 V-FAI-2SLuke 1:31 V-FAI-2S
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.