Strong G4341προσκαλέω

to call to/summon

Transliteration
proskaleomai
Pronunciation
pros-kal-eh'-om-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

Middle voice from G4314 and G2564; to call toward oneself that is summon invite: - call (for to unto).

Detailed definition

προσ-καλέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for קָרָא;]
to call to. Mid., to call to oneself (see M, Pr., 157): with accusative of person(s), Mat.10:1, Mrk.3:13 6:7, Luk.7:19, Act.5:40, Jas.5:14, al. Metaphorical, of the Divine call: Act.2:39; with inf., Act.16:10 (see Bl., § 69, 4); before εἰς, Act.13:2.†
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In the Bible

Strong G4341 appears in 30 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • call26
  • unto4
  • called1
  • calleth1

First verses

  1. Matthew 10:1
    And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
  2. Matthew 15:10
    And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
  3. Matthew 15:32
    Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
  4. Matthew 18:2
    And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
  5. Matthew 18:32
    Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
  6. Matthew 20:25
    But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
  7. Mark 3:13
    And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
  8. Mark 3:23
    And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
  9. Mark 6:7
    And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
  10. Mark 7:14
    And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
  11. Mark 8:1
    In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
  12. Mark 8:34
    And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
  13. Mark 10:42
    But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
  14. Mark 12:43
    And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
  15. Mark 15:44
    And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
  16. Luke 7:19
    And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
  17. Luke 15:26
    And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
  18. Luke 16:5
    So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
  19. Luke 18:16
    But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
  20. Acts 2:39
    For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προσκᾰλέω,
call on, summon, τινας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.98 (variant), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 89, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 82a, etc.)]; address, accost, ὀνόματι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 71.34; ἑαυτόν 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 218.27 (_middle_).)]
2 metaphorically, call forth, excite, ἔκκρισιν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.26; ἱδρῶτα [prev. work] 31.)]
II middle with perfect passive (see. below), call to oneself, invite, summon, τινα variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.2, compare “PCair.Zen.” 647.25 (3rd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.354d, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 19.1; τὰς κύνας 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.85)]; especially call to one's aid, τινα Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.166)]; τινὰ ἐς τὴν πολιτείαν uncertain reading in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 21: with double _accusative_, τὸ ἔργον ὃ προσκέκλημαι αὐτούς)] to which I have called them, [NT (NT.Act.13.2.)]
II.2 as law-term, of an accuser, cite or summon into court, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 2, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1334)]; π. τινὰ ὕβρεως lay an action for assault, [Refs ([prev. work] 1417)]; in full, π. δίκην ἀσεβείας πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.11, compare 21.19, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.150; π. τινὰ πρὸς τὸν πολέμαρχον 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 23.2; π. σε.. πρὸς τοὺς ἀγορανόμους βλάβης τῶν φορτίων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1406; π. τινὰ εἰς δίκην δημοσίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.5; π. τινὰ πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα εἰς διαδικασίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.7, compare 15; τραύματος εἰς Ἄρειον πάγον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 46, compare “Pisc.” 39)]:—passive, to be summoned, λιποταξίου, ξενίας, on a charge of.. , [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.17,18; φόνου δίκην 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 16.8)]; ὑπομεῖναι προσκληθεὶς δίκην εἰς Ἄρειον πάγον submitted to be summoned.. before the Areopagus, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1315b21)]; προσκληθείς summoned, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.13, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.19, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1277)]; παρὰ τοῦ.. ἔχοντος τὸν κλῆρον προσκαλεῖσθαι that citation should be made of the party in possession, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.7)]; compare πρόσκλησις.
II.3 cite as witness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 936e codices; εἰς μαρτυρίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.20 codices; μάρτυρα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.205b.)]