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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 148 times in 140 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 1:21–Luk 14:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:21 - “She will give birth to a Son; and you shall name G2564 Him Jesus, for [fn]He will save His people from their sins.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:23 - “BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN WILL [fn]CONCEIVE AND GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND THEY SHALL NAME G2564 HIM [fn]IMMANUEL,” which translated means, “GOD WITH US.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:25 - [fn]but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he named G2564 Him Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:7 -

Then Herod secretly called G2564 for the magi and determined from them the exact [fn]time the star appeared.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:15 - He [fn]stayed there until the death of Herod; this happened so that what had been spoken by the Lord through [fn]the prophet would be fulfilled: “OUT OF EGYPT I CALLED G2564 MY SON.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:23 - and came and settled in a city called Nazareth. This happened so that what was spoken through the prophets would be fulfilled: “He will be called G2564 a Nazarene.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:21 - Going on from there He saw two other brothers, [fn]James the son of Zebedee, and his brother [fn]John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets; and He called G2564 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:9 -

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called G2564 sons of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:19 - “Therefore, whoever nullifies one of the least of these commandments, and teaches [fn]others to do the same, shall be called G2564 least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever [fn]keeps and teaches them, he shall be called G2564 great in the kingdom of heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:13 - “Now go and learn [fn]what this means: ‘I DESIRE [fn]COMPASSION, [fn]RATHER THAN SACRIFICE,’ for I did not come to call G2564 the righteous, but sinners.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 -

“Now when evening came, the [fn]owner of the vineyard *said to his foreman, ‘Call G2564 the laborers and pay them their wages, starting with the last group to the first.’

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:13 - And He *said to them, “It is written: ‘MY HOUSE WILL BE CALLED G2564 A HOUSE OF PRAYER’; but you are making it a DEN OF ROBBERS.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3 - “And he sent his slaves to call G2564 those who had been invited G2564 to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - “Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited G2564, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened cattle are all butchered and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 - “Then he *said to his slaves, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited G2564 were not worthy.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:9 - ‘So go to the main roads, and invite G2564 whomever you find there to the wedding feast.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:43 - He *said to them, “Then [fn]how does David [fn]in the Spirit call G2564 Him ‘Lord,’ saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:45 -

“Therefore, if David calls G2564 Him ‘Lord,’ [fn]how is He his son?”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:7 - and personal greetings in the marketplaces, and being called G2564 [fn]Rabbi by the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:8 - “But as for you, do not be called G2564 [fn]Rabbi; for only One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers and sisters.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:9 - “And do not call G2564 anyone on earth your father; for only One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:10 - “And do not be called G2564 [fn]leaders; for only One is your Leader, that is, Christ.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:14 -

“For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called G2564 his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:8 - For this reason that field has been called G2564 the Field of Blood to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:20 - Immediately He called G2564 them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and went away [fn]to follow Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:17 - And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call G2564 the righteous, but sinners.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:31 -

Then His mother and His brothers *came, and while standing outside they sent word to Him, calling G2564 for Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written: ‘MY HOUSE WILL BE CALLED G2564 A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS’? But you have made it a DEN OF ROBBERS.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:13 - But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall [fn]name G2564 him John.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:31 - “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you shall name G2564 Him Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:32 - “He will be great and will be called G2564 the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:35 - The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; for that reason also the [fn]holy Child will be called G2564 the Son of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:36 - “And behold, even your relative Elizabeth herself has conceived a son in her old age, and [fn]she who was called G2564 infertile is now in her sixth month.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:59 -

And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call G2564 him Zechariah, [fn]after his father.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:60 - And yet his mother responded and said, “No indeed; but he shall be called G2564 John.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:61 - And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called G2564 by this name.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:62 - And they [fn]made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him called G2564.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:76 -

“And you, child, also will be called G2564 the prophet of the Most High;

For you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways;

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:4 - Now Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called G2564 Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 -

And when eight days were completed [fn]so that it was time for His circumcision, He was also named G2564 Jesus, the name given G2564 by 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 FIRSTBORN MALE THAT OPENS THE WOMB SHALL BE CALLED G2564 HOLY TO THE LORD”),
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:32 - “I have not come to call G2564 the righteous to repentance, but sinners.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:15 - and Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called G2564 the Zealot;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:46 -

“Now why do you call G2564 Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:11 -

Soon afterward Jesus went to a city called G2564 Nain; and His disciples were going along with Him, [fn]accompanied by a large crowd.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:39 - Now when the Pharisee who had invited G2564 Him saw this, he said to himself, “If this Man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a [fn]sinner!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:2 - and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary who was called G2564 Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 -

When the apostles returned, they gave an account to Him of all that they had done. And taking them with Him, He withdrew privately to a city called G2564 Bethsaida.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:39 - And she had a sister called G2564 Mary, who was also seated at the Lord’s feet, and was listening to His word.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 -

Now He began telling a parable to the invited G2564 guests G2564 when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,


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