BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G2821
klēsis — calling
κλῆσις, -εως, ἡ (καλέω) [in LXX: Jer.31:6 (קָרָא), Jdth.12:10 A, 3Ma.5:14 * ;] a calling, call; in NT, always of the Divine call to salvation: Rom.11:29, 1Co.1:26 7:20, Eph.1:18 4:1, 4, Php.3:14, 2Th.1:11, 2Ti.1:9, Heb.3:1, 2Pe.1:10 (Cremer, 332).† (AS)
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3874
paraklēsis — encouragement
παρά-κλησις, -εως, ἡ (παρακαλέω), [in LXX : Job.21:2, Psa.94:19, Hos.13:14, Nam.3:7, Isa.57:18 66:11, Jer.16:7 (נָחַם, its parts and derivatives), Jer.38:9 (תַּחֲנוּן), Isa.28:29 30:7, 1Ma.10:24 1Mac 12:9, 2Ma.7:24 2Mac 15:11 * ;] 1. a calling to one's aid, summons (Thus.), hence, appeal, entreaty (Strab., Plut., al., 1Ma.10:24; of. Lft., Notes, 20) : 2Co.8:4. 2. exhortation, encouragement: Act.15:31, Rom.12:8, 1Co.14:3, 2Co.8:17, Php.2:1, 1Th.2:3, 1Ti.4:13, Heb.12:5; λόγος (τῆς) π., Act.13:15, Heb.13:22; υἱὸς π., Act.4:36. 3. consolation, comfort (Phalar., LXX) : Luk.6:24, Act.9:31, 2Co.1:4-7 7:4 7:7 7:13, 2Th.2:16, Phm 7; τ. γραφῶν, Rom.15:4; θεὸς τῆς π., Rom.15:5, 2Co.1:3; π. τοῦ Ἰσραήλ (see Dalman, Words, 109 f.), Lk (AS)
28 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4744
miq.ra — assembly
1) convocation, convoking, reading, a calling together 1a) convocation, sacred assembly 1b) convoking 1c) reading
22 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2822
klētos — called
κλητός, -ή, -όν (καλέω), [in LXX for קָרָא, מִקְרָא, Exo.12:16, al. ;] called, invited (as to a banquet, Æsch., 1Sa 1:41, 3Ma.5:14); in NT, always of the Divine call; (a) to some office: κ. ἀπόστολος, Rom.1:1, 1Co.1:1; (b) to salvation: Rom.8:28, 1Co.1:24, Ju 1; κ. καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ κ. πιστοί, Rev.17:14; in gosp. (not in pl., see: καλέω) disting. fr.ἐκλεκτός, Mat.20:16 (WH, txt., R, omit), Mat.22:14; κ. Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Rom.1:6; κ. ἅγιοι, saints by calling, Rom.1:7, 1Co.1:2.† (AS)
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G244
allotriepiskopos — meddler
ἀλλοτρι-επίσκοπος (Rec. ἀλλοτριοεπ-), -ου, ὁ one who meddles in things alien to his calling: 1Pe.4:15 (see ICC, in l; Deiss., BS, 224-4; MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5875
en haq.qo.re — En-hakkore
§ En-hakkore = "spring of One calling" the spring which the Lord brought forth in response to Samson's complaint of being thirsty after he had just killed 1000 men with the jawbone of an ass
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6416
pe.li.li — judge
for a judge, calling for judgment, judicial, assessable, criminal
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20069
anapodismos — recall
calling back, recall
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20425
epiklēsis — appellatio, appeal
1. a surname or additional name; the accusative being used absolute as adverb, by surname , Ἀστυάναξ, ὃν Τρῶες ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσι Astyanax, as they call him by surname (his name being Scamandrius), (Iliad by Homer), etc. 2. generally, a name , (Thucydides) 3. an imputation , (Thucydides) 4. a calling upon, invocation, appeal , (Plutarch) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20604
klēdōn — name, appellation
1. an omen or presage contained in a word or sound , (Odyssey by Homer) 2. a rumour, tidings, report , (Herdotus Historicus) 3. glory, repute , [variant datesTragica Adespota 4. a calling on, appeal , πατρῷαι κληδόνες (Aeschulus Tragicus) 5. a name, appellation , (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A profession, or as we usually say, a vocation (1 Cor. 7:20). The “hope of your calling” in Eph. 4:4 is the hope resulting from your being called into the kingdom of God.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
