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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
394x in 59 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.)
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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 59 times in 55 verses in 'Isa' in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Isa 1:26–Isa 62:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 -

“I will restore your judges to what they were at first,

and your advisers to what they were at the start.

Afterward you will be called the Righteous City,

a Faithful Town.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:1 -

On that day seven women

will seize one man, saying,

“We will eat our own bread

and provide our own clothing.

Just let us bear your name.

Take away our disgrace.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:3 -

Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy ​— ​all in Jerusalem written in the book of life[fn] ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:14 -

“Therefore, the Lord himself will give you[fn] a sign: See, the virgin will conceive,[fn] have a son, and name him Immanuel.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:3 -

I was then intimate with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4 -

“for before the boy knows how to call ‘Father,’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:6 -

For a child will be born for us,

a son will be given to us,

and the government will be on his shoulders.

He will be named

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 -

And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,

the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,

will be like Sodom and Gomorrah

when God overthrew them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:18 -

On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear loyalty to the LORD of Armies. One of the cities will be called the City of the Sun.[fn][fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:8 -

Then the lookout[fn] reported,

“Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day,

and I stay at my post all night.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:11 -

A pronouncement concerning Dumah:[fn]

One calls to me from Seir,

“Watchman, what is left of the night?

Watchman, what is left of the night? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:12 -

On that day the Lord GOD of Armies

called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads,

and for the wearing of sackcloth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:20 -

“On that day I will call for my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 -

A road will be there and a way;

it will be called the Holy Way.

The unclean will not travel on it,

but it will be for the one who walks the path.

Fools will not wander on it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 -

Look up and see!

Who created these?

He brings out the stars by number;

he calls all of them by name.

Because of his great power and strength,

not one of them is missing.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2 -

“Who has stirred up someone from the east?

In righteousness he calls him to serve.[fn][fn]

The LORD hands nations over to him,

and he subdues kings.

He makes them like dust with his sword,

like wind-driven stubble with his bow.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:4 -

“Who has performed and done this,

calling the generations from the beginning?

I am the LORD, the first

and with the last ​— ​I am he.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:9 -

I brought[fn] you from the ends of the earth

and called you from its farthest corners.

I said to you: You are my servant;

I have chosen you; I haven’t rejected you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 -

“I have stirred up one from the north, and he has come,

one from the east who invokes my[fn] name.

He will march over rulers as if they were mud,

like a potter who treads the clay.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:6 -

“I am the LORD. I have called you

for a righteous purpose,[fn]

and I will hold you by your hand.

I will watch over you, and I will appoint you

to be a covenant for the people

and a light to the nations,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 -

Now this is what the LORD says —

the one who created you, Jacob,

and the one who formed you, Israel —

“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by your name; you are mine.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:22 -

“But, Jacob, you have not called on me,

because, Israel, you have become weary of me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:7 -

Who, like me, can announce the future?

Let him say so and make a case before me,

since I have established an ancient people.

Let these gods declare[fn] the coming things,

and what will take place.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:3 -

“I will give you the treasures of darkness

and riches from secret places,

so that you may know that I am the LORD.

I am the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4 -

“I call you by your name,

for the sake of my servant Jacob

and Israel my chosen one.

I give a name to you,

though you do not know me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:11 -

“I call a bird of prey[fn] from the east,

a man for my purpose from a far country.

Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about.

I have planned it; I will also do it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:1 -

“Go down and sit in the dust,

Virgin Daughter Babylon.

Sit on the ground without a throne,

Daughter Chaldea!

For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:5 -

“Daughter Chaldea,

sit in silence and go into darkness.

For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:1 -

“Listen to this, house of Jacob —

those who are called by the name Israel

and have descended from[fn] Judah,

who swear by the name of the LORD

and declare the God of Israel,

but not in truth or righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:8 -

“You have never heard; you have never known;

for a long time your ears have not been open.

For I knew that you were very treacherous,

and were known as a rebel from birth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:12 -

“Listen to me, Jacob,

and Israel, the one called by me:

I am he; I am the first,

I am also the last.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:13 -

“My own hand founded the earth,

and my right hand spread out the heavens;

when I summoned them,

they stood up together.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:15 -

“I ​— ​I have spoken;

yes, I have called him;

I have brought him,

and he will succeed in his mission.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 -

Coasts and islands,[fn] listen to me;

distant peoples, pay attention.

The LORD called me before I was born.

He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:6 -

he says,

“It is not enough for you to be my servant

raising up the tribes of Jacob

and restoring the protected ones of Israel.

I will also make you a light for the nations,

to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 -

Why was no one there when I came?

Why was there no one to answer when I called?

Is my arm too weak to redeem?

Or do I have no power to rescue?

Look, I dry up the sea by my rebuke;

I turn the rivers into a wilderness;

their fish rot because of lack of water

and die of thirst.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:2 -

Look to Abraham your father,

and to Sarah who gave birth to you.

When I called him, he was only one;

I blessed him and made him many.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:5 -

“Indeed, your husband is your Maker —

his name is the LORD of Armies —

and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;

he is called the God of the whole earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:6 -

“For the LORD has called you,

like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,

a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”

says your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:7 -

“I will bring them to my holy mountain

and let them rejoice in my house of prayer.

Their burnt offerings and sacrifices

will be acceptable on my altar,

for my house will be called a house of prayer

for all nations.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 -

“Will the fast I choose be like this:

A day for a person to deny himself,

to bow his head like a reed,

and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?

Will you call this a fast

and a day acceptable to the LORD?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:12 -

“Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins;

you will restore the foundations laid long ago;

you will be called the repairer of broken walls,

the restorer of streets where people live.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:13 -

“If you keep from desecrating the Sabbath,

from doing whatever you want on my holy day;

if you call the Sabbath a delight,

and the holy day of the LORD honorable;

if you honor it, not going your own ways,

seeking your own pleasure, or talking business;[fn][fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14 -

The sons of your oppressors

will come and bow down to you;

all who reviled you

will fall facedown at your feet.

They will call you the City of the LORD,

Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:18 -

Violence will never again be heard of in your land;

devastation and destruction

will be gone from your borders.

You will call your walls Salvation

and your city gates Praise.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:2 -

to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor,

and the day of our God’s vengeance;

to comfort all who mourn,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 -

to provide for those who mourn in Zion;

to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,

festive oil instead of mourning,

and splendid clothes instead of despair.[fn]

And they will be called righteous trees,

planted by the LORD

to glorify him.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:6 -

But you will be called the LORD’s priests;

they will speak of you as ministers of our God;

you will eat the wealth of the nations,

and you will boast in their riches.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:2 -

Nations will see your righteousness

and all kings, your glory.

You will be given a new name

that the LORD’s mouth will announce.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:4 -

You will no longer be called Deserted,

and your land will not be called Desolate;

instead, you will be called My Delight Is in Her,[fn]

and your land Married;[fn]

for the LORD delights in you,

and your land will be married.


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