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GreekG1941Verb

ἐπικαλέω

epikaleō

31Occurrences
G1941Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to entitle; by implication, to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.)

middle voice from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2564 (καλέω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to call, name, surname
2.Mid. (so also act.; cl., LXX), to call upon, invoke, appeal to (θεόν, θεούς, Hdt., Xen. cf. Deiss., LAE, 426)
LXX: chiefly for קָרָא

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ἐπικαλέω appears 31 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
20
Romans
3
Matthew
2
1 Corinthians
1
1 Peter
1
2 Corinthians
1
2 Timothy
1
Hebrews
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:2BSB

To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Acts 10:18BSB

They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.

Acts 2:21BSB

And everyone who calls on the name of the Lordwill be saved.’

Acts 26:32BSB

And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

Hebrews 11:16BSB

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.