καλέω
kaleō
“to call: call”
Definition
to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
akin to the base of G2753 (κελεύω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
καλέω appears 139 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
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