καλέω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for קרא ;] 1. to call, summon: with accusative of person(s), Mat.20:8 25:14, Mrk.3:31, Luk.19:13, Act.4:18; before ἐκ, Mat.2:15 (LXX); metaphorically, 1Pe.2:9. 2. to call to one's house, invite: Luk.14:16, 1Co.10:27, Rev.19:9; εἰς τ. γάμους, Mat.22:3, 9 Luk.14:8, 9 Jhn.2:2; ὁ καλέσας, Luk.7:39; οἱ κεκλημένοι, Mat.22:8; metaphorically, of inviting to partake of the blessings of the kingdom of God (Dalman, Words, 118f.): Rom.8:30 9:24, 25 1Co.7:17, 18; before εἰς, 1Co.1:9, 1Th.2:12, 1Ti.6:12; ὁ καλῶν (καλέσας), of God, Gal.1:6 5:8, 1Th.5:24, 1Pe.1:15, 2Pe.1:3; οἱ κεκλκλημένοι, Heb.9:15; before ἐν (ἐπί), 1Co.7:15, Gal.5:13, Eph.4:4, 1Th.4:7; κλήσει, Eph.4:1, 2Ti.1:9. 3. to call, name call by name: pass., Mat.2:23, Luk.1:32, al.; καλούμενος, Luk.7:11, Act.7:58, al.; ὁ κ. (Deiss., BS, 210), Luk.6:15 22:3 23:33, Act.10:1, Rev.12:9, al.; with pred nom., Mat.5:9, Luk.1:35, Rom.9:26, Jas.2:23, 1Jn.3:1. (Cf. ἀντι-, ἐν-, εἰσ- (-μαι), ἐπι-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, προ-, προσ-, συν-καλέω.) (AS)
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
G2564 — καλέω
kaleō · to call: call · Greek
139 tagged verse occurrences
Matthew 1:21 · καλέσειςand she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.’Matthew 1:23 · καλέσουσινLo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,’ which is, being interpreted ‘With us he is God.’Matthew 1:25 · ἐκάλεσενand did not know her till she brought forth her son—the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.Matthew 2:7 · καλέσαςThen Herod, privately having called the mages, did inquire exactly from them the time of the appearing star,Matthew 2:15 · ἐκάλεσαand he was there till the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, ‘Out of Egypt I did call My Son.’Matthew 2:23 · κληθήσεται.¶and coming, he dwelt in a city named Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophets, that ‘A Nazarene he shall be called.’Matthew 4:21 · ἐκάλεσενAnd having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them,Matthew 5:9 · κληθήσονται.¶‘Happy the peacemakers—because they shall be called Sons of God.Matthew 5:19 · κληθήσεται · κληθήσεταιWhoever therefore may loose one of these commands—the least—and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach them, he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.Matthew 9:13 · καλέσαιbut having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.’Matthew 20:8 · κάλεσον‘And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last—unto the first.Matthew 21:13 · κληθήσεται,and he saith to them, ‘It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.’Matthew 22:3 · καλέσαι · κεκλημένουςand he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.Matthew 22:4 · κεκλημένοις·Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;Matthew 22:8 · κεκλημένοιthen saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy,Matthew 22:9 · καλέσατεbe going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.Matthew 22:43 · καλεῖHe saith to them, ‘How then doth David in the Spirit call him lord, saying,Matthew 22:45 · καλεῖIf then David doth call him lord, how is he his son?’Matthew 23:7 · καλεῖσθαιand the salutations in the market-places, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.Matthew 23:8 · κληθῆτε‘And ye—ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director—the Christ, and all ye are brethren;Matthew 23:9 · καλέσητεand ye may not call any your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,Matthew 23:10 · κληθῆτεnor may ye be called directors, for one is your director—the Christ.Matthew 25:14 · ἐκάλεσεν‘For—as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,Matthew 27:8 · ἐκλήθηtherefore was that field called, ‘Field of blood,’ unto this day.Mark 1:20 · ἐκάλεσενand immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.Mark 2:17 · καλέσαιAnd Jesus, having heard, saith to them, ‘They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.’Mark 3:31 · καλοῦντεςThen come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him,Mark 11:17 · κληθήσεταιand he was teaching, saying to them, ‘Hath it not been written—My house a house of prayer shall be called for all the nations, and ye did make it a den of robbers?’Luke 1:13 · καλέσειςand the messenger said unto him, ‘Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,Luke 1:31 · καλέσειςand lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;Luke 1:32 · κληθήσεται,he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,Luke 1:35 · κληθήσεταιAnd the messenger answering said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;Luke 1:36 · καλουμένῃand lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;Luke 1:59 · ἐκάλουνAnd it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,Luke 1:60 · κληθήσεταιand his mother answering said, ‘No, but he shall be called John.’Luke 1:61 · καλεῖταιAnd they said unto her—‘There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,’Luke 1:62 · καλεῖσθαιand they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,Luke 1:76 · κληθήσῃ·And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.Luke 2:4 · καλεῖταιand Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,Luke 2:21 · ἐκλήθη · κληθὲνAnd when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.Luke 2:23 · κληθήσεται·as it hath been written in the Law of the Lord,—‘Every male opening a womb shall be called holy to the Lord,’Luke 5:32 · καλέσαιI came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.’Luke 6:15 · καλούμενονMatthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,Luke 6:46 · καλεῖτε·‘And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?Luke 7:11 · καλουμένηνAnd it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude,Luke 7:39 · καλέσαςAnd the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, ‘This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind is the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.’Luke 8:2 · καλουμένηand certain women, who were healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth,Luke 9:10 · καλουμένηνAnd the apostles having turned back, declared to him how great things they did, and having taken them, he withdrew by himself to a desert place of a city called Bethsaida,Luke 10:39 · καλουμένηand she had also a sister, called Mary, who also, having seated herself beside the feet of Jesus, was hearing the word,Luke 14:7 · κεκλημένουςAnd he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,Luke 14:8 · κληθῇς · κεκλημένος‘When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,Luke 14:9 · καλέσαςand he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.Luke 14:10 · κληθῇς, · κεκληκώς‘But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;Luke 14:12 · κεκληκότιAnd he said also to him who did call him, ‘When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;Luke 14:13 · κάλειbut when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,Luke 14:16 · ἐκάλεσενand he said to him, ‘A certain man made a great supper, and called many,Luke 14:17 · κεκλημένοις·and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.Luke 14:24 · κεκλημένωνfor I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.’Luke 15:19 · κληθῆναιand no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.Luke 15:21 · κληθῆναιand the son said to him, Father, I did sin—to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.Luke 19:2 · καλούμενοςand lo, a man, by name called Zaccheus, and he was a chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich,Luke 19:13 · καλέσαςand having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business—till I come;Luke 19:29 · καλούμενονAnd it came to pass, as he came nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, unto the mount called of the Olives, he sent two of his disciples,Luke 20:44 · καλεῖ,David, then, doth call him lord, and how is he his son?’Luke 21:37 · καλούμενονAnd he was during the days in the temple teaching, and during the nights, going forth, he was lodging at the mount called of Olives;Luke 22:3 · καλούμενονAnd the Adversary entered into Judas, who is surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve,Luke 22:25 · καλοῦνται.And he said to them, ‘The kings of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those exercising authority upon them are called benefactors;Luke 23:33 · καλούμενονand when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left.John 1:42 · κληθήσῃand he brought him unto Jesus: and having looked upon him, Jesus saith, ‘Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas,’ (which is interpreted, A rock.)John 2:2 · ἐκλήθηand also Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage;Acts 1:12 · καλουμένουThen did they return to Jerusalem from the mount that is called of Olives, that is near Jerusalem, a sabbath’s journey;Acts 1:19 · κληθῆναιand it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, insomuch that that place is called, in their proper dialect, Aceldama, that is, field of blood,Acts 1:23 · καλούμενονAnd they set two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias,Acts 3:11 · καλουμένῃAnd at the lame man who was healed holding Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch called Solomon’s—greatly amazed,Acts 4:18 · καλέσαντεςAnd having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus,Acts 7:58 · καλουμένουand having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning him—and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul—Acts 8:10 · καλουμένηto whom they were all giving heed, from small unto great, saying, ‘This one is the great power of God;’Acts 9:11 · καλουμένηνand the Lord saith unto him, ‘Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, one by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,Acts 10:1 · καλουμένηςAnd there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian,Acts 13:1 · καλούμενοςAnd there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also—Herod the tetrarch’s foster-brother—and Saul;Acts 14:12 · ἐκάλουνthey were calling also Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking.Acts 15:22 · καλούμενονThen it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, chosen men out of themselves to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren—Acts 15:37 · καλούμενονAnd Barnabas counselled to take with them John called Mark,Acts 24:2 · κληθέντοςand he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, ‘Much peace enjoying through thee, and worthy deeds being done to this nation through thy forethought,Acts 27:8 · καλούμενονand hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called ‘Fair Havens,’ nigh to which was the city of Lasaea.Acts 27:14 · καλούμενοςand not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,Acts 27:16 · καλούμενονand having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,Acts 28:1 · καλεῖται·And having been saved, then they knew that the island is called Melita,Romans 4:17 · καλοῦντοςwho is father of us all (according as it hath been written—‘A father of many nations I have set thee,’) before Him whom he did believe—God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that be not as being.Romans 8:30 · ἐκάλεσεν· · ἐκάλεσεν,and whom He did fore-appoint, these also He did call; and whom He did call, these also He declared righteous; and whom He declared righteous, these also He did glorify.Romans 9:7 · κληθήσεταίnor because they are seed of Abraham are all children, but—‘in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;’Romans 9:12 · καλοῦντος,‘The greater shall serve the less;’Romans 9:24 · ἐκάλεσενnot only out of Jews, but also out of nations,Romans 9:25 · καλέσωas also in Hosea He saith, ‘I will call what is not My people—My people; and her not beloved—Beloved,Romans 9:26 · κληθήσονταιand it shall be—in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not My people; there they shall be called sons of the living God.’1 Corinthians 1:9 · ἐκλήθητεfaithful is God, through whom ye were called to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.1 Corinthians 7:15 · κέκληκενAnd, if the unbelieving doth separate himself—let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such cases, and in peace hath God called us;1 Corinthians 7:17 · κέκληκενif not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each—so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:1 Corinthians 7:18 · ἐκλήθη; · κέκληταίbeing circumcised—was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;1 Corinthians 7:20 · ἐκλήθη,Each in the calling in which he was called—in this let him remain;1 Corinthians 7:21 · ἐκλήθης;a servant—wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free—use it rather;1 Corinthians 7:22 · κληθεὶς · κληθεὶςfor he who is in the Lord—having been called a servant—is the Lord’s freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:1 Corinthians 7:24 · ἐκλήθη,each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.1 Corinthians 10:27 · καλεῖand if any one of the unbelieving do call you, and ye wish to go, all that is set before you eat, nothing inquiring, because of the conscience;1 Corinthians 15:9 · καλεῖσθαιfor I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,Galatians 1:6 · καλέσαντοςI wonder that ye are so quickly removed from Him who did call you in the grace of Christ to another good news;Galatians 1:15 · καλέσαςand when God was well pleased—having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called me through His grace—Galatians 5:8 · καλοῦντοςthe obedience is not of him who is calling you!Galatians 5:13 · ἐκλήθητε,For ye—to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,Ephesians 4:1 · ἐκλήθητε,Call upon you, then, do I—the prisoner of the Lord—to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,Ephesians 4:4 · ἐκλήθητεone body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;Colossians 3:15 · ἐκλήθητεand let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.1 Thessalonians 2:12 · καλοῦντοςfor your walking worthily of God, who is calling you to His own reign and glory.1 Thessalonians 4:7 · ἐκάλεσενfor God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;1 Thessalonians 5:24 · καλῶνstedfast is He who is calling you, who also will do it.2 Thessalonians 2:14 · ἐκάλεσενto which He did call you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ;1 Timothy 6:12 · ἐκλήθηςbe striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.2 Timothy 1:9 · καλέσαντοςwho did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,Hebrews 2:11 · καλεῖνfor both he who is sanctifying and those sanctified are all of one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,Hebrews 3:13 · καλεῖταιbut exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,Hebrews 5:4 · καλούμενοςand no one to himself doth take the honour, but he who is called by God, as also Aaron:Hebrews 9:15 · κεκλημένοιAnd because of this, of a new covenant he is mediator, that, death having come, for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those called may receive the promise of the age-during inheritance,Hebrews 11:8 · καλούμενοςBy faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;Hebrews 11:18 · κληθήσεταίof whom it was said—‘In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;’James 2:23 · ἐκλήθη.and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, ‘And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him—to righteousness;’ and, ‘Friend of God’ he was called.1 Peter 1:15 · καλέσανταbut according as He who did call you is holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,1 Peter 2:9 · καλέσαντοςand ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;1 Peter 2:21 · ἐκλήθητε,for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,1 Peter 3:6 · καλοῦσα,as Sarah was obedient to Abraham, calling him ‘sir,’ of whom ye did become daughters, doing good, and not fearing any terror.1 Peter 3:9 · ἐκλήθητεnot giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;1 Peter 5:10 · καλέσαςAnd the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you;2 Peter 1:3 · καλέσαντοςAs all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,1 John 3:1 · κληθῶμενSee ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;Revelation 1:9 · καλουμένῃI, John, who also am your brother, and fellow-partner in the tribulation, and in the reign and endurance, of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ;Revelation 11:8 · καλεῖταιand their dead bodies are upon the broad-place of the great city (that is called spiritually Sodom, and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified,)Revelation 12:9 · καλούμενοςand the great dragon was cast forth—the old serpent, who is called ‘Devil,’ and ‘the Adversary,’ who is leading astray the whole world—he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.Revelation 16:16 · καλούμενονand they did bring them together to the place that is called in Hebrew Armageddon.Revelation 19:9 · κεκλημένοι.And he saith to me, ‘Write: Happy are they who to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb have been called;’ and he saith to me, ‘These are the true words of God;’Revelation 19:13 · κέκληταιand he is arrayed with a garment covered with blood, and his name is called, The Word of God.