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συγκαλέω
synkaléō · Greek · Strong's G4779 · 8 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “call together”
What it means
to convoke
from G4862 (σύν) and G2564 (καλέω);
How the KJV renders it
call together
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 together”
also renders synathroízō (G4867), shâmaʻ (H8085)
Where it appears
8 occurrences in the Greek text.
Acts 5:21 · V-AAI-3P
When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and taught. But the high priest and those who were with him came and called the council together, with all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
Acts 10:24 · V-AMP-NSM
On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his near friends.
Acts 28:17 · V-AMN
After three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
Luke 9:1 · V-AMP-NSM
He called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
Luke 15:6 · V-PAI-3S
When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’
Luke 15:9 · V-PAI-3S
When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost!’
Luke 23:13 V-AMP-NSMMark 15:16 V-PAI-3P
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