Strong G4292προκαλέω
to provoke
- Transliteration
- prokaleomai
- Pronunciation
- prok-al-eh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προ-καλέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: 2Ma.8:11 A *;]
to call forth.
Most frequently in mid.,
__(a) to challenge; hence, to provoke: Gal.5:26;
__(b) to invite (2Mac, l.with).†
(AS)
[in LXX: 2Ma.8:11 A *;]
to call forth.
Most frequently in mid.,
__(a) to challenge; hence, to provoke: Gal.5:26;
__(b) to invite (2Mac, l.with).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4292 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- provoke1
First verses
- Galatians 5:26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
προκαλ-έω,
call forth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 44.34)]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 22.9.2)]; to be evoked, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 411.)]
B mostly middle, call out to fight, challenge, Αἴας δὲ πρῶτος προκαλέσσατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.809, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.142; ἴθι νῦν προκάλεσσαι.. Μενέλαον ἐξαῦτις μαχέσασθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.432, compare 7.39; προκαλέσσατο χάρμῃ [prev. work] 218)]; so, later, π. εἰς ἀγῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.17, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 20; εἰς μονομαχίαν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 1.24; μάχῃ “Anacreontea” 12.7)]; ταῦτα π. τοὺς συνόντας thus.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.4)]; challenge to drink, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus “fragment” 6.7 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]; π. τινὰ συμπαίζει; συγγυμνάζεσθαι, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 14.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217c: proverbial, ἱππέας εἰς πεδίον προκαλῇ, Σωκράτη εἰς λόγους προκαλούμενος,)] of one who challenges another in his own department, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 183d, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 268.)]
B.2 invite or summon, τινὰ ἐς λόγους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.201, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.34; ἐς σπονδὰς καὶ διάλυσιν πολέμου [prev. author] 4.19; ἐπὶ ξυμμαχίαν [prev. author] 5.43; ἐπὶ τιμωρίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.226; πρὸς τὸ συνδειπνεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217c)]; [ἰχθῦς] πρὸς τὴν θήραν π. entice them out, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 534a17)]; πρὸς αὑτόν τινας endeavour to attach them to oneself, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.77.7.)]
B.3 with accusative et infinitive, invite one to do.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Tragica Adespota” 165 (= “Comica Adespota” 1295), etc.; π. τινὰ ἐς λόγον ἐλθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.91; εἰρήνην ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.15, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 294b, etc.; προκαλούμεθα ὑμᾶς φίλοι εἶναι καὶ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἡμῶν ἀναχωρῆσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.112)]; of things, αὐτὰ (i.e. τὰ πράγματα) προκαλεῖται παρασκευάζειν τι invite, admonish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1331a22: also π. εἰ βούλοιντο..,)] with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.30.)]
B.4 absolutely, αὐτῶν προκαλεσαμένων at or after their invitation,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 20, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 451c)]; appeal, προκαλεῖσθαι περί τινος ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίους [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 24.9.13.)]
B.II with accusative of things, offer, propose, δίκην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.39, compare 2.72, 73, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 984, etc.; τὰ εἰρημένα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.37; τὰς σπονδάς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 796: with _accusative_ _person_ added, προκαλεῖσθαί τινας τὴν εἰρήνην)] offer them peace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 652, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 5a, “Chrm.” 169c.)]
B.II.2 law-term, make an offer or challenge to the opponent for bringing about a decision, e.g. for submitting the case to arbitration, letting slaves be put to the torture, etc., προκαλοῦνται πρόκλησιν ἡμᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.12, compare 40.44, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.6)]: with accusative person, challenge him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.23; π. εἰς πάντα τινάς [prev. work]26; εἰς ἀντίδοσιν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.9; εἰς ὅρκον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 52.17; εἰς ἐμφανῶν κατάστασιν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.31 (to be read προσ-))]; π. τινά τι make one an offer, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.4, compare 37.42: with _accusative_ et)]infinitive, π. τὴν μητέρα ὀμόσαι offer that she should take an oath, [Refs ([prev. author] 55.27)]: with infinitive only, π. ἐθέλειν ἐπιδεῖξαι [Refs ([prev. author] 27.50, compare 54.27; also π. κατά τινος εἰς μαρτυρίαν [prev. author] 29.20 (προσκ- codices):)] —passive, π. περὶ Ἐπιδάμνου ἐς κρίσιν Th.l.34.
B.III call up or forth, εὐγένειαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 308; τὸν Θησαυρὸν ἐς τουμφανές 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 41; τρίχας 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.151.)]
call forth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 44.34)]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 22.9.2)]; to be evoked, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 411.)]
B mostly middle, call out to fight, challenge, Αἴας δὲ πρῶτος προκαλέσσατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.809, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.142; ἴθι νῦν προκάλεσσαι.. Μενέλαον ἐξαῦτις μαχέσασθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.432, compare 7.39; προκαλέσσατο χάρμῃ [prev. work] 218)]; so, later, π. εἰς ἀγῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.17, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 20; εἰς μονομαχίαν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 1.24; μάχῃ “Anacreontea” 12.7)]; ταῦτα π. τοὺς συνόντας thus.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.4)]; challenge to drink, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus “fragment” 6.7 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]; π. τινὰ συμπαίζει; συγγυμνάζεσθαι, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 14.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217c: proverbial, ἱππέας εἰς πεδίον προκαλῇ, Σωκράτη εἰς λόγους προκαλούμενος,)] of one who challenges another in his own department, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 183d, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 268.)]
B.2 invite or summon, τινὰ ἐς λόγους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.201, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.34; ἐς σπονδὰς καὶ διάλυσιν πολέμου [prev. author] 4.19; ἐπὶ ξυμμαχίαν [prev. author] 5.43; ἐπὶ τιμωρίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.226; πρὸς τὸ συνδειπνεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217c)]; [ἰχθῦς] πρὸς τὴν θήραν π. entice them out, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 534a17)]; πρὸς αὑτόν τινας endeavour to attach them to oneself, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.77.7.)]
B.3 with accusative et infinitive, invite one to do.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Tragica Adespota” 165 (= “Comica Adespota” 1295), etc.; π. τινὰ ἐς λόγον ἐλθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.91; εἰρήνην ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.15, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 294b, etc.; προκαλούμεθα ὑμᾶς φίλοι εἶναι καὶ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἡμῶν ἀναχωρῆσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.112)]; of things, αὐτὰ (i.e. τὰ πράγματα) προκαλεῖται παρασκευάζειν τι invite, admonish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1331a22: also π. εἰ βούλοιντο..,)] with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.30.)]
B.4 absolutely, αὐτῶν προκαλεσαμένων at or after their invitation,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 20, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 451c)]; appeal, προκαλεῖσθαι περί τινος ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίους [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 24.9.13.)]
B.II with accusative of things, offer, propose, δίκην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.39, compare 2.72, 73, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 984, etc.; τὰ εἰρημένα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.37; τὰς σπονδάς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 796: with _accusative_ _person_ added, προκαλεῖσθαί τινας τὴν εἰρήνην)] offer them peace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 652, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 5a, “Chrm.” 169c.)]
B.II.2 law-term, make an offer or challenge to the opponent for bringing about a decision, e.g. for submitting the case to arbitration, letting slaves be put to the torture, etc., προκαλοῦνται πρόκλησιν ἡμᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.12, compare 40.44, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.6)]: with accusative person, challenge him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.23; π. εἰς πάντα τινάς [prev. work]26; εἰς ἀντίδοσιν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.9; εἰς ὅρκον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 52.17; εἰς ἐμφανῶν κατάστασιν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.31 (to be read προσ-))]; π. τινά τι make one an offer, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.4, compare 37.42: with _accusative_ et)]infinitive, π. τὴν μητέρα ὀμόσαι offer that she should take an oath, [Refs ([prev. author] 55.27)]: with infinitive only, π. ἐθέλειν ἐπιδεῖξαι [Refs ([prev. author] 27.50, compare 54.27; also π. κατά τινος εἰς μαρτυρίαν [prev. author] 29.20 (προσκ- codices):)] —passive, π. περὶ Ἐπιδάμνου ἐς κρίσιν Th.l.34.
B.III call up or forth, εὐγένειαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 308; τὸν Θησαυρὸν ἐς τουμφανές 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 41; τρίχας 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.151.)]