Strong G2564G2564Hκαλέω
to call: name
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 G2564H appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- call2
- name2
- named1
First verses
- Luke 2:21And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
- Luke 19:2And, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
- Acts 7:58And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
- Acts 10:1There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
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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.)]