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Lexicon :: Strong's G4341 - proskaleō

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προσκαλέω
Transliteration
proskaleō (Key)
Pronunciation
pros-kal-eh'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice from πρός (G4314) and καλέω (G2564)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:500,*

Strong’s Definitions

†προσκαλέομαι proskaléomai, pros-kal-eh'-om-ahee; middle voice from G4314 and G2564; to call toward oneself, i.e. summon, invite:—call (for, to, unto).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's G4341 in the following manner: call unto (20x), call (7x), call for (2x), call to (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's G4341 in the following manner: call unto (20x), call (7x), call for (2x), call to (1x).

  1. to call to

  2. to call to one's self

  3. to bid to come to one's self

  4. metaph.

    1. God is said to call to himself the Gentiles, aliens as they are from him, by inviting them, through the preaching of the gospel unto fellowship with himself in the Messiah's kingdom

    2. Christ and the Holy Sprit are said to call to themselves those preachers of the gospel to whom they have decided to intrust a service having reference to the extension of the gospel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†προσκαλέομαι proskaléomai, pros-kal-eh'-om-ahee; middle voice from G4314 and G2564; to call toward oneself, i.e. summon, invite:—call (for, to, unto).
STRONGS G4341:
προσκαλέω, προσκάλω: middle, present προσκαλοῦμαι; 1 aorist προσεκαλεσαμην; perfect προσκέκλημαι; from (Antiphon, Aristophanes, Thucydides), Xenophon, Plato down; to call to; in the N. T. found only in the middle (cf. Buttmann, § 135, 4), to call to oneself; to bid to come to oneself: τινα,
a. properly: Matthew 10:1; Matthew 15:10, 32; Matthew 18:2, 32; Matthew 20:25; Mark 3:13, 23; Mark 6:7; Mark 7:14; Mark 8:1, 34; Mark 10:42; Mark 12:43; Mark 15:44; Luke 7:18(19); Luke 15:26; 16:5; 18:16; Acts 5:40; Acts 6:2; Acts 13:7; Acts 20:1 (R G L); Acts 23:17,18,23; James 5:14.
b. metaphorically, God is said προσκαλεῖσθαι the Gentiles, aliens as they are from him, by inviting and drawing them, through the preaching of the gospel, unto fellowship with himself in the Messiah's kingdom, Acts 2:39; the Holy Spirit and Christ are said to call unto themselves (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 39, 3) those preachers of the gospel to whom they have decided to intrust a service having reference to the extension of the gospel: followed by an infinitive indicating the purpose, Acts 16:10; followed by εἰς τί, Acts 13:2 (where ὁ is for εἰς ὁ, according to that familiar Greek usage by which a preposition prefixed to the antecedent is not repeated before the relative; cf. Winers Grammar, 421f (393); (Buttmann, 342 (294))).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
10:1; 15:10; 15:32; 18:2; 18:32; 20:25
Mark
3:13; 3:23; 6:7; 7:14; 8:1; 8:34; 10:42; 12:43; 15:44
Luke
7:18; 15:26; 16:5; 18:16
Acts
2:39; 5:40; 6:2; 13:2; 13:7; 16:10; 20:1; 23:17; 23:18; 23:23
James
5:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4341 matches the Greek προσκαλέω (proskaleō),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in 'Act' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:39 - For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God may call.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:40 - And they listened to his advice; and having called the apostles, they beat them, and enjoined them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2 - And the twelve, having called the multitude of the disciples to them, said, It is not right that we, leaving the word of God, should serve tables.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:2 - And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:7 - who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. *He*, having called Barnabas and Saul to him, desired to hear the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:10 - And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go forth to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to announce to them the glad tidings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:1 - But after the tumult had ceased, Paul having called the disciples to him and embraced them, went away to go to Macedonia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:17 - And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this youth to the chiliarch, for he has something to report to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:18 - He therefore, having taken him with him, led him to the chiliarch, and says, The prisoner Paul called me to him and asked me to lead this youth to thee, who has something to say to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23 - And having called to him certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.
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