CALITAS (A KaXlrat, B KoXflraij).— One of the Levites who undertook to repudiate his 'strange wife,' 1 Es 9^. He bore a second name, Colius (A KiiXios, B Kilvot). The reaxling of B is KCim, tvTos KaXeiTo(s, «f Ilafloioj, which sliould jierbaps be read, as Dr. Swete conjectures, oirrot KaXetrai 'ZtrraSaTof ; but this is an emendation of the Gr. on the part of B, and does not represent the original Heb. of Ezra, as a comjiari.son with E/.r lO'^ ' Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), I'ethahiali ' shows. A Levite of the same name, and prob.tlily the same person, is mcntioneil as one of those who expounded the Law, I Es 9« (Ko\t(Ta5= Kelita, Neh 8', where LXX omits). H. St. J. Thackeray.
CALKER. — To calk (or cnnflc oa the spelling has been for the last century), from rnlinre ' to tread,' is to stop up a seam, esp. of a ship, by treading or pressing in oakum or the like. Cf. Danipier, Voi/. (IfiOT), ' In the South Seas the Spaniards do make Oakam to chalk their Ships, witli the husk of the Coconut.' 'Calker' occurs in this sense, Ezk 27». n (iitjb. pij •p'lQs, AVm ' stopiiers of chinks').
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CALL. — To call is origin.ally to 'shout,' and osp. to shout so as to summon. 1. Hence one of its earliest applications is to invite, now archaic or obsolete, but found in AV, as 2 S 15" 'with Abealom went two hundred men out of .lerus. that
were called' (RV 'invited'); Jn 2» 'And both Jesus was called (RV ' bidden '), and his disciples, to the marriage' ; Rev 19" ' Blessed are they which are called unto (RV ' bidden to ') the marriage supper of the Lamb.' 2. Closely connected with this is the call to some duty, as 1 S 28" ' I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do'; esp. by God, as He 11' ' Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place'; Ac 13- 'Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I h.ave called them.' Then the word is used particularly and technically of the Divine call to partake of the blessings of redemption ; 1 Co 1" ' (iod is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesua Christ our Lord ' : whereupon they who are thus called (having obeyed*) are described as 'the called,' 1 Co 1^ ' But unto them which are called ' (Gr. aiTois Si tois kXijtoIs, RVm 'unto the called themselves,' Lightfoot ' to the believers them- selves'). See Calling. 3. When one is called it is often by name, from which comes the idiom to call a person or thing so and so, to give a name : Gn 1° ' God called the light I>ay, and the darkness he called Night'; 2 S (i- ' the ark of God which is called by the Name, even the name of the Lord of hosts that sitteth upon the cherubims' (RV; see Name). And according to a usage which is now archaic if not obsolete, the calling is transferred from the person or thing to the name, as Mt I^ 'thou shalt call his name Jesus'; Gn 32-* 'Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel.' See also He S'" ' Called (RV ' named ') of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec' (Gr. TrpoaayopcOfiy [all] ' expresses the formal and solemn ascription of the title to Him to whom it belongs, " addressed as," " styled " ' — Westcott in loc. It ia a public designation — ayopdem, from ayopi. the market-place); 7" 'and not be called after the order of Aaron' CKiyeaOai, 'be spoken of as,' RV 'be reckoned'); and cf. Ac ll-"", Ro 7', where Xpvt^^Ti^etv is tr. 'call' (see Sandaj'-Headlam on Ro 7').
i. Some phrases demand attention. Call again, i.e. call back (see AGAIN), as Bar 3" 'He that sendetli forth light and it goetli, calleth it again.' Call back = invite to return, 1 Es l" (Gr. iicraKaXioi, used in middle voice in NT = ' send for,' Ac 7" 20" 2424. :«) . and lig. = take back a promise, Is SI-* 'will not c. back his words ' (Tpn). Call for : ( 1 ) Send for, cnu.ie to come. Est 5'" ' he sent and called for his frienils ' (k;;i, RV ' fetched ') ; Ac 24=^ ' when I have a convenient season, I will c. for thee' (^eraKoWu, RV 'c. thee unto me') ; 28^ ' For this cause there- fore have I called for you, to see you' (irapaKoKiui, only here in this meaning, elsewhere ' beseech,' Mt 8»-»'-" and often; 'entreat,' Lk 15-», 1 Co 4'", 1 Ti 5', so here RV ; 'exhort,' He 3" 'exhort one another daily,' and often ; ' comfort,' 2 Co 1^ etc.) ; Ac 13' ' Sergius Paulus . . . called for Dnrnabas and Saul ' (irpocrKoWu, RV ' called unto him ' ; but Ja 5" ' let him c. for the elders of the church,' RV retains, though Gr. the same); Ac 10* 11" (m«toWmtw, RV 'fetch'). (2) Ask, request, 1 K 8' ' to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee' (k-;;;, RV 'cry'); Ac 16^ 'he called for a light' (aWu) ; Mt 27" 'This man calleth for Elias' (RV 'calleth Elijah'), and Jn II-"' 'The Master is come, and calleth for thee' (RV 'calleth thee,' both <puyiu). Call forth : Is 31* (n-if;) ; Ac 24" ' when he waa called forth, TertuUus began to