Strong G2564G2564Gκαλέω
to call: call
One of the 2 senses of Strong G2564
- Transliteration
- kaleō
- Pronunciation
- kal-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
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]).
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G2564G appears in 129 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- call104
- bidden9
- called7
- calleth4
- bade4
- bid2
- surname1
First verses
- Matthew 1:21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
- Matthew 1:23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
- Matthew 1:25And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
- Matthew 2:7Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
- Matthew 2:15And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
- Matthew 2:23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
- Matthew 4:21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
- Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
- Matthew 5:19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 9:13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- Matthew 20:8So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
- Matthew 21:13And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- Matthew 22:3And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
- Matthew 22:4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
- Matthew 22:8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
- Matthew 22:9Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
- Matthew 22:43He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
- Matthew 22:45If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
- Matthew 23:7And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
- Matthew 23:8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
- κελεύωto orderG2753
- προσκαλέωto call to/summonG4341
- ἐγκαλέωto accuseG1458
- ἀντικαλέωto invite in returnG479
- ἐκκλησίαassemblyG1577
- κλέοςcreditG2811
- ἐπικαλέωto call (on)/nameG1941
- μετακαλέωto summonG3333
- προκαλέωto provokeG4292
- κλῆσιςcallingG2821
- εἰσκαλέωto inviteG1528
- παρακαλέωto plead/comfortG3870
- συγκαλέωto call togetherG4779
Detailed Greek dictionary
κᾰλέω,
Aeolic dialect κάλημι (which see), Epic dialect infinitive καλήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.125)]: Ionic dialect imperfect καλέεσκον [Refs (6.402)]; 3rd.pers. singular κάλεσκε [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1514)]: future, Ionic dialect καλέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.383)], Attic dialect καλῶ [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 175a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.15, etc.; later καλέσω LXX.Gen.16.11, +others, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.69, (παρα-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.14 codices, “SIG” 656.40 (Teos, 2nd c.BC), (ἐγ-) variant in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.133, compare 23.123 codices (καλέσω in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1452 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 964, etc., is)]aorist 1 subjunctive): aorist 1 ἐκάλεσα, Epic dialect ἐκάλεσσα, κάλεσσα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.379, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.693)] (late Epic dialect ἔκλησα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 86, late Prose ἐκάλησα Ps.Callisth. 3.35))]: perfect κέκληκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 260, etc.)]:—middle, Attic dialect future καλοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1221, “Ec.” 864; in _passive_ sense, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 971, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1140, etc.)]; later καλέσομαι (ἐκ-, ἐπι-) uncertain reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.174, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 17)]: aorist 1 ἐκαλεσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.189, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 937a)]; Epic dialect καλεσσάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.54, _3rd.pers._ _plural_ καλέσαντο [prev. work] 270)]:—passive, future κεκλήσομαι [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.138, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 698 (Lyric poetry), “Pr.” 840, etc.; κληθήσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 681d, LXX.Gen.48.6, variant in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 13)]: aorist ἐκλήθην [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 78, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1359, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 862, etc.:)]perfect κέκλημαι, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural κεκλήαται [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1128)], Ionic dialect κεκλέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.164)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect κεκλήατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.195; _optative_ κεκλῄμην, κεκλῇο 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 119, κεκλῄμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 253: late)]perfect κεκάλεσμαι Suid. see at {κλητή}.
I call, summon, εἰς ἀγορὴν καλέσαντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.90; ἐς Ὄλυμπον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.402)]; ἀγορήνδε, θάλαμόνδε, θάνατόνδε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.4, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.348, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.693: with _accusative_ only, κεκλήατο (for -ηντο) βουλήν)] they had been summoned to the council, [Refs (10.195: followed by)]infinitive, αὐτοὶ γὰρ κάλεον συμμητιάασθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 197; καιρὸς καλεῖ.. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 466; κἄμ᾽ ὑπηρετεῖν καλεῖς [prev. author] “El.” 996)]; κ. τινὰ εἰς ἕ, ἐπὶ οἷ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.203, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.330, etc.; εἰς μαρτυρίαν κληθείς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 937a; ἐμὲ νῦν ἤδη καλεῖ ἡ εἱμαρμένη [prev. author] “Phd.” 115a)]; demand, require, ἡ ἡμέρα 'κείνη εὔνουν καὶ πλούσιον ἄνδρα ἐκάλει [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.172:)]aorist middle, καλέσασθαί τινα call to oneself, frequently in Epic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.270, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.43, etc.; φωνῇ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.161; ἀγορήνδε λαόν 1.54)]; call a witness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” [prev. cited])]
I.2 call to one's house or to a repast, invite (not in [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”), 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.231, 17.382, +others, NT.1Cor.10.27)]; later usually with a word added, κ. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.16 (_passive_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.30, etc.; ἐς ἔρανον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.37; ἐς θοίνην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1140; ὑπὸ σοῦ κεκλημένος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174d, etc.)]; κληθέντες πρός τινα invited to his house, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.196)]; ὁ κεκλημένος the guest, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Damoxenus Comicus 2.26.)]
I.3 invoke, Δία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.44, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.58, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 223; at sacrifices, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 482; μάρτυρας κ. θεούς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1248, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.141)]:—middle, τοὺς θεοὺς καλούμεθα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 201, compare 216; also μαρτύριά τε καὶ τεκμήρια καλεῖσθε [prev. author] “Eu.” 486)]; but ἀράς, ἅς σοι καλοῦμαι which I call down on thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1385)]:—passive, of the god, to be invoked, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 417.)]
I.4 as law-term, summon, of the judge, καλεῖν τινας εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον cite or summon before the court, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.211, etc.)]; simply καλεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]212, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 851, etc.; ἐὰν μὲν καλέσῃ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.56)]; also ὁ ἄρχων τὴν δίκην καλεῖ calls on the case, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1441)]:—passive, ἡ πατροκτόνος δίκη κεκλῇτ᾽ ἂν αὐτῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 696)]; πρὶν τὴν ἐμὴν [δίκην] καλεῖσθαι before it is called on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 780; καλουμένης τῆς γραφῆς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.43)]; but,
I.4.b of the plaintiff in middle, καλεῖσθαί τινα to sue at law, bring before the court, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1221, +others, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.63; κ. τινὰ ὕβρεως 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1046; κ. τινὰ πρὸς τὴν ἀρχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914c)]; ὁ καλεσάμενος the plaintiff, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PHal. 1.224 (3rd c.BC).)]
I.5 with an abstract subject, demand, require, καλεῖ ἡ τάξις with infinitive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“CPHerm.” 25ii7 (3rd c.AD).)]
I.6 metaphorically in passive, καλουμένης τῆς δυνάμεως πρὸς τὴν συναναληψίαν called forth, summoned, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.29.)]
II call by name, name, ὃν Βριάρεων καλέουσι θεοί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.403, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.273, etc.; κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.306; ὥς σφας καλοῦμεν Εὐμενίδας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 486, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 86, etc.)]; ὄνομα καλεῖν τινα call him by a name, εἴπ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ὅττι σε κεῖθι κάλεον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.550, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 259, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 383b, etc.)] (in passive, οὔνομα καλέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.173, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.56): without ὄνομα, τί νιν καλοῦσα τύχοιμ᾽ ἄ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1232; τοῦτο αὐτὴν κάλεον 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 66b; τούτοις τὸ ὄνομα ἱμάτια ἐκαλέσαμεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 279e (_passive_, τύμβῳ δ᾽ ὄνομα σῷ κεκλήσεται)] shall be given to thy tomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1271))]; κ. ὄνομα ἐπί τινι give a name to something, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 147d)]; but call (a man) a name because of some function, [NT+2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Sph.” 218c; κ. τινὰ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρός NT.Luke.1.59; ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματος καλεῖν τινα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 35.4.11)]:—passive, to be named or called, Μυρμιδόνες δὲ καλεῦντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.684; εἰ τόδ᾽ αὐτῷ φίλον κεκλημένῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 161 (Lyric poetry))]; ὁ καλούμενος the socalled, ἐν τῇ Θεράπνῃ καλεομένῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.61; ὁ κ. θάνατος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86d)]; οἱ τῶν ὁμοτίμων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.9)]; κεκλημένος τινός called from or after him, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.67; καλεῖσθαι ἐπί τινι LXX.Gen.48.6; κέκληνται δέ σφιν ἕδραι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.76.)]
II.2 passive, to be called, almost ={εἰμί}, especially with words expressing kinship or status, ἐμὸς γαμβρὸς καλέεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.313, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 2 (_anapaest meter_); ἀφνειοὶ καλέονται 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.433)]; especially in perfect passive κέκλημαι, οὕνεκα σὴ παράκοιτις κέκλημαι because I am thy wife, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.61; φίλη κεκλήσῃ ἄκοιτις 3.138; αἲ γὰρ ἐμοὶ τοιόσδε πόσις κεκλημένος εἴη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.244; ἠγάγετ᾽ ἐς μέγα δῶμα φίλην κεκλῆσθαι ἄκοιτιν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 410; σὴ κεκλημένη.. ἦα “hymnus ad Apollinem” 324; μηδ᾽ ἔτι Τηλεμάχοιο πατὴρ κεκλημένος εἴην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.260; οὔτινος δοῦλοι κέκληνται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 242, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 366, etc.)]
II.3 special constructions, a. Ἀλησίου ἔνθα κολώνη κέκληται where is the hill called the hill of Alesios, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.758; ἵνα κριοῦ καλέονται εὐναί 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.115; ἔνθα ἡ Τριπυργία καλεῖται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.10, etc.: -so in)]active, ἔνθα Ῥέας πόρον ἄνθρωποι καλέοισιν where is the ford men call the ford of Rhea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.41, compare κικλήσκω, κλῄζω, κλέω.)]
II.3.b folld by a dependent clause, ἐκάλεσσέ νιν ἰσώνυμον ἔμμεν said that his name should be the same, [Refs ([prev. author] “O.” 9.63)]; καλεῖ με πλαστὸς ὡς εἴην πατρί, i.e. καλεῖ με πλαστόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 780)]; καλοῦμέν γε παραδιδόντα μὲν διδάσκειν we say that one who delivers teaches, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 198b, compare “Smp.” 205d; τὰς ἀμπέλους τραγᾶν καλοῦσιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 546a3.)]
Aeolic dialect κάλημι (which see), Epic dialect infinitive καλήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.125)]: Ionic dialect imperfect καλέεσκον [Refs (6.402)]; 3rd.pers. singular κάλεσκε [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1514)]: future, Ionic dialect καλέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.383)], Attic dialect καλῶ [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 175a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.15, etc.; later καλέσω LXX.Gen.16.11, +others, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.69, (παρα-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.14 codices, “SIG” 656.40 (Teos, 2nd c.BC), (ἐγ-) variant in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.133, compare 23.123 codices (καλέσω in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1452 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 964, etc., is)]aorist 1 subjunctive): aorist 1 ἐκάλεσα, Epic dialect ἐκάλεσσα, κάλεσσα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.379, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.693)] (late Epic dialect ἔκλησα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 86, late Prose ἐκάλησα Ps.Callisth. 3.35))]: perfect κέκληκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 260, etc.)]:—middle, Attic dialect future καλοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1221, “Ec.” 864; in _passive_ sense, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 971, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1140, etc.)]; later καλέσομαι (ἐκ-, ἐπι-) uncertain reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.174, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 17)]: aorist 1 ἐκαλεσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.189, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 937a)]; Epic dialect καλεσσάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.54, _3rd.pers._ _plural_ καλέσαντο [prev. work] 270)]:—passive, future κεκλήσομαι [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.138, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 698 (Lyric poetry), “Pr.” 840, etc.; κληθήσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 681d, LXX.Gen.48.6, variant in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 13)]: aorist ἐκλήθην [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 78, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1359, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 862, etc.:)]perfect κέκλημαι, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural κεκλήαται [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1128)], Ionic dialect κεκλέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.164)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect κεκλήατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.195; _optative_ κεκλῄμην, κεκλῇο 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 119, κεκλῄμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 253: late)]perfect κεκάλεσμαι Suid. see at {κλητή}.
I call, summon, εἰς ἀγορὴν καλέσαντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.90; ἐς Ὄλυμπον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.402)]; ἀγορήνδε, θάλαμόνδε, θάνατόνδε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.4, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.348, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.693: with _accusative_ only, κεκλήατο (for -ηντο) βουλήν)] they had been summoned to the council, [Refs (10.195: followed by)]infinitive, αὐτοὶ γὰρ κάλεον συμμητιάασθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 197; καιρὸς καλεῖ.. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 466; κἄμ᾽ ὑπηρετεῖν καλεῖς [prev. author] “El.” 996)]; κ. τινὰ εἰς ἕ, ἐπὶ οἷ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.203, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.330, etc.; εἰς μαρτυρίαν κληθείς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 937a; ἐμὲ νῦν ἤδη καλεῖ ἡ εἱμαρμένη [prev. author] “Phd.” 115a)]; demand, require, ἡ ἡμέρα 'κείνη εὔνουν καὶ πλούσιον ἄνδρα ἐκάλει [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.172:)]aorist middle, καλέσασθαί τινα call to oneself, frequently in Epic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.270, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.43, etc.; φωνῇ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.161; ἀγορήνδε λαόν 1.54)]; call a witness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” [prev. cited])]
I.2 call to one's house or to a repast, invite (not in [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”), 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.231, 17.382, +others, NT.1Cor.10.27)]; later usually with a word added, κ. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.16 (_passive_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.30, etc.; ἐς ἔρανον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.37; ἐς θοίνην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1140; ὑπὸ σοῦ κεκλημένος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174d, etc.)]; κληθέντες πρός τινα invited to his house, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.196)]; ὁ κεκλημένος the guest, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Damoxenus Comicus 2.26.)]
I.3 invoke, Δία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.44, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.58, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 223; at sacrifices, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 482; μάρτυρας κ. θεούς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1248, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.141)]:—middle, τοὺς θεοὺς καλούμεθα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 201, compare 216; also μαρτύριά τε καὶ τεκμήρια καλεῖσθε [prev. author] “Eu.” 486)]; but ἀράς, ἅς σοι καλοῦμαι which I call down on thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1385)]:—passive, of the god, to be invoked, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 417.)]
I.4 as law-term, summon, of the judge, καλεῖν τινας εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον cite or summon before the court, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.211, etc.)]; simply καλεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]212, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 851, etc.; ἐὰν μὲν καλέσῃ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.56)]; also ὁ ἄρχων τὴν δίκην καλεῖ calls on the case, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1441)]:—passive, ἡ πατροκτόνος δίκη κεκλῇτ᾽ ἂν αὐτῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 696)]; πρὶν τὴν ἐμὴν [δίκην] καλεῖσθαι before it is called on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 780; καλουμένης τῆς γραφῆς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.43)]; but,
I.4.b of the plaintiff in middle, καλεῖσθαί τινα to sue at law, bring before the court, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1221, +others, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.63; κ. τινὰ ὕβρεως 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1046; κ. τινὰ πρὸς τὴν ἀρχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914c)]; ὁ καλεσάμενος the plaintiff, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PHal. 1.224 (3rd c.BC).)]
I.5 with an abstract subject, demand, require, καλεῖ ἡ τάξις with infinitive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“CPHerm.” 25ii7 (3rd c.AD).)]
I.6 metaphorically in passive, καλουμένης τῆς δυνάμεως πρὸς τὴν συναναληψίαν called forth, summoned, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.29.)]
II call by name, name, ὃν Βριάρεων καλέουσι θεοί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.403, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.273, etc.; κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.306; ὥς σφας καλοῦμεν Εὐμενίδας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 486, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 86, etc.)]; ὄνομα καλεῖν τινα call him by a name, εἴπ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ὅττι σε κεῖθι κάλεον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.550, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 259, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 383b, etc.)] (in passive, οὔνομα καλέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.173, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.56): without ὄνομα, τί νιν καλοῦσα τύχοιμ᾽ ἄ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1232; τοῦτο αὐτὴν κάλεον 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 66b; τούτοις τὸ ὄνομα ἱμάτια ἐκαλέσαμεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 279e (_passive_, τύμβῳ δ᾽ ὄνομα σῷ κεκλήσεται)] shall be given to thy tomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1271))]; κ. ὄνομα ἐπί τινι give a name to something, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 147d)]; but call (a man) a name because of some function, [NT+2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Sph.” 218c; κ. τινὰ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρός NT.Luke.1.59; ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματος καλεῖν τινα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 35.4.11)]:—passive, to be named or called, Μυρμιδόνες δὲ καλεῦντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.684; εἰ τόδ᾽ αὐτῷ φίλον κεκλημένῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 161 (Lyric poetry))]; ὁ καλούμενος the socalled, ἐν τῇ Θεράπνῃ καλεομένῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.61; ὁ κ. θάνατος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86d)]; οἱ τῶν ὁμοτίμων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.9)]; κεκλημένος τινός called from or after him, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.67; καλεῖσθαι ἐπί τινι LXX.Gen.48.6; κέκληνται δέ σφιν ἕδραι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.76.)]
II.2 passive, to be called, almost ={εἰμί}, especially with words expressing kinship or status, ἐμὸς γαμβρὸς καλέεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.313, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 2 (_anapaest meter_); ἀφνειοὶ καλέονται 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.433)]; especially in perfect passive κέκλημαι, οὕνεκα σὴ παράκοιτις κέκλημαι because I am thy wife, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.61; φίλη κεκλήσῃ ἄκοιτις 3.138; αἲ γὰρ ἐμοὶ τοιόσδε πόσις κεκλημένος εἴη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.244; ἠγάγετ᾽ ἐς μέγα δῶμα φίλην κεκλῆσθαι ἄκοιτιν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 410; σὴ κεκλημένη.. ἦα “hymnus ad Apollinem” 324; μηδ᾽ ἔτι Τηλεμάχοιο πατὴρ κεκλημένος εἴην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.260; οὔτινος δοῦλοι κέκληνται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 242, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 366, etc.)]
II.3 special constructions, a. Ἀλησίου ἔνθα κολώνη κέκληται where is the hill called the hill of Alesios, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.758; ἵνα κριοῦ καλέονται εὐναί 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.115; ἔνθα ἡ Τριπυργία καλεῖται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.10, etc.: -so in)]active, ἔνθα Ῥέας πόρον ἄνθρωποι καλέοισιν where is the ford men call the ford of Rhea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.41, compare κικλήσκω, κλῄζω, κλέω.)]
II.3.b folld by a dependent clause, ἐκάλεσσέ νιν ἰσώνυμον ἔμμεν said that his name should be the same, [Refs ([prev. author] “O.” 9.63)]; καλεῖ με πλαστὸς ὡς εἴην πατρί, i.e. καλεῖ με πλαστόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 780)]; καλοῦμέν γε παραδιδόντα μὲν διδάσκειν we say that one who delivers teaches, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 198b, compare “Smp.” 205d; τὰς ἀμπέλους τραγᾶν καλοῦσιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 546a3.)]