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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 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:1 - So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - “The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:14 - He called out to the army and to Abner son of Ner, “Aren’t you going to answer me, Abner?” Abner replied, “Who are you who calls to the king?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - Then Esther summoned Hathak, one of the king’s eunuchs assigned to attend her, and ordered him to find out what was troubling Mordecai and why.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:17 - My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:4 - He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15 - calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:32 - And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, even among the survivors whom the LORD calls.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8 - He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the LORD is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:6 - he builds his lofty palace[fn] in the heavens and sets its foundation[fn] on the earth; he calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the LORD is his name.
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