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Lexicon :: Strong's G2564 - kaleō

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καλέω
Transliteration
kaleō (Key)
Pronunciation
kal-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Akin to the base of κελεύω (G2753)
mGNT
148x in 56 unique form(s)
TR
146x in 54 unique form(s)
LXX
395x in 60 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 3:487,394

Strong’s Definitions

καλέω kaléō, kal-eh'-o; akin to the base of G2753; to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise):—bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 146x

The KJV translates Strong's G2564 in the following manner: call (125x), bid (16x), be so named (1x), named (with G3686) (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 146x
The KJV translates Strong's G2564 in the following manner: call (125x), bid (16x), be so named (1x), named (with G3686) (1x), miscellaneous (3x).
  1. to call

    1. to call aloud, utter in a loud voice

    2. to invite

  2. to call i.e. to name, by name

    1. to give a name to

      1. to receive the name of, receive as a name

      2. to give some name to one, call his name

    2. to be called i.e. to bear a name or title (among men)

    3. to salute one by name

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καλέω kaléō, kal-eh'-o; akin to the base of G2753; to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise):—bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)).
STRONGS G2564:
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; καλέσας, Luke 7:39; Luke 14:9; 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 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 (or perhaps ἥν; cf. Winers Grammar, § 24, 1; Buttmann, 287 (247); Ellicott, in the place cited)) ἐκλήθητε, Ephesians 4:1; God is styled καλῶν τινα (he that calleth one, the caller, cf. Winer's Grammar, § 45, 7), Galatians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; and 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; καλούμενος (on its position cf. Buttmann, § 144, 19): Luke 6:15; Luke 8:2; (Luke 22:3 T Tr WH); Luke 23:33; Acts 1:23; Acts 10:1; Acts 13:1; (Acts 15:22 L T Tr WH); Acts 27:14; Revelation 12:9; Revelation 16:16; with ὀνόματι added, Luke 19:2; καλεῖσθαι ὀνόματι τίνι, to be called by a name, Luke 1:61; καλεῖν τινα ἐπί τῷ ὀνόματι τίνος, Luke 1:59 (see ἐπί, Buttmann, 2 a. ., p. 233{b}); after the Hebrew אֶת־שְׁמו קָרָא, καλεῖν τό ὄνομα τίνος, with the name in the accusative, to give some name to one, call his name: Matthew 1:21, 23, 25; Luke 1:13, 31; passive, Luke 2:21; Revelation 19:13; Genesis 17:19; 1 Samuel 1:20, etc. (similarly sometimes in Greek writings, cf. Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 45 (Buttmann, 151 (132))).
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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
17:19; 21:12
1 Samuel
1:20
2 Samuel
13:23
Esther
5:12
Isaiah
42:6; 49:1; 51:2
Matthew
1:21; 1:23; 1:25; 2:15; 2:15; 2:23; 4:21; 5:9; 5:19; 9:13; 9:13; 10:25; 20:8; 22:3; 22:3; 22:8; 22:9; 22:43; 22:45; 23:7; 23:9; 23:10; 25:14; 27:8
Mark
1:20; 2:17; 2:17; 3:31
Luke
1:13; 1:31; 1:32; 1:32; 1:35; 1:35; 1:59; 1:60; 1:61; 1:62; 1:76; 2:4; 2:21; 2:23; 5:32; 6:15; 7:11; 7:39; 8:2; 9:10; 10:39; 14:7; 14:8; 14:9; 14:10; 14:12; 14:16; 14:17; 14:24; 15:19; 19:2; 19:13; 20:44; 22:3; 22:25; 23:33
John
2:2; 10:3
Acts
1:23; 4:18; 7:58; 8:10; 10:1; 13:1; 15:22; 24:2; 27:8; 27:14; 27:16
Romans
4:17; 8:30; 8:30; 9:7; 9:12; 9:24; 9:26
1 Corinthians
1:9; 1:24; 7; 7:15; 7:17; 7:18; 7:24; 10:27; 15:9
Galatians
1:6; 1:15; 5:8; 5:13
Ephesians
1:11; 4:1; 4:4
Colossians
1:12; 3:15
1 Thessalonians
2:12; 4:7; 5:24
2 Thessalonians
2:14
1 Timothy
6:12
2 Timothy
1:9
Hebrews
3:13; 5:4; 9:15; 11:8; 11:18
James
2:23
1 Peter
1:15; 2:9; 2:21; 3:9; 5:10
2 Peter
1:3
1 John
3:1
Revelation
12:9; 16:16; 19:9; 19:11; 19:13; 19:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2564 matches the Greek καλέω (kaleō),
which occurs 146 times in 138 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 1:21–Luk 14:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:21 - And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call G2564 his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:23 - Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call G2564 his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:25 - And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called G2564 his name JESUS.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:7 - Then Herod, when he had privily called G2564 the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:15 - And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called G2564 my son.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:23 - And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called G2564 a Nazarene.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:21 - And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called G2564 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:9 - Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called G2564 the children of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:19 - Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called G2564 the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called G2564 great in the kingdom of heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:13 - But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call G2564 the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:25 - It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called G2564 the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 - So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call G2564 the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:13 - And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called G2564 the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3 - And sent forth his servants to call G2564 them that were bidden G2564 to the wedding: and they would not come.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, G2564 Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 - Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden G2564 were not worthy.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:9 - Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid G2564 to the marriage.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:43 - He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call G2564 him Lord, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:45 - If David then call G2564 him Lord, how is he his son?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:7 - And greetings in the markets, and to be called G2564 of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:8 - But be G2564  not ye called G2564 Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:9 - And call G2564 no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:10 - Neither be ye called G2564 masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:14 - For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called G2564 his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:8 - Wherefore that field was called, G2564 The field of blood, unto this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:20 - And straightway he called G2564 them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:17 - When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call G2564 the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called G2564 of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:13 - But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call G2564 his name John.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:31 - And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call G2564 his name JESUS.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:32 - He shall be great, and shall be called G2564 the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:35 - And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called G2564 the Son of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:36 - And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called G2564 barren.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:59 - And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called G2564 him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:60 - And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called G2564 John.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:61 - And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called G2564 by this name.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:62 - And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. G2564
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:76 - And thou, child, shalt be called G2564 the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:4 - And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called G2564 Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 - And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called G2564 JESUS, which was so named G2564 of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:23 - (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called G2564 holy to the Lord;)
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:32 - I came not to call G2564 the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:15 - Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called G2564 Zelotes,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:46 - And why call ye G2564 me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:11 - And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called G2564 Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:39 - Now when the Pharisee which had bidden G2564 him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:2 - And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called G2564 Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called G2564 Bethsaida.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:39 - And she had a sister called G2564 Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 - And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, G2564 when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

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