καλέω

kaleō

Greek G2564 Verb 148 occurrences in 140 verses

καλέω to call: call

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.)

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Concordance 140 verses

Matthew 1:21 καλέσεις

She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
Matthew 1:23 καλέσουσιν

“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
Matthew 1:25 ἐκάλεσεν

But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
Matthew 2:7 καλέσας

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
Matthew 2:15 ἐκάλεσα

where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
Matthew 2:23 κληθήσεται

and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
Matthew 4:21 ἐκάλεσεν

Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,
Matthew 5:9 κληθήσονται

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
Matthew 5:19 κληθήσεταικληθήσεται

So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 9:13 καλέσαι

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew 20:8 Κάλεσον

When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’
Matthew 21:13 κληθήσεται

And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Matthew 22:3 καλέσαικεκλημένους

He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
Matthew 22:4 κεκλημένοις

Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
Matthew 22:8 κεκλημένοι

Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
Matthew 22:9 καλέσατε

Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
Matthew 22:43 καλεῖ

Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
Matthew 22:45 καλεῖ

So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”
Matthew 23:7 καλεῖσθαι

the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
Matthew 23:8 κληθῆτε

But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
Matthew 23:9 καλέσητε

And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
Matthew 23:10 κληθῆτε

Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
Matthew 25:14 ἐκάλεσεν

For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
Matthew 27:8 ἐκλήθη

That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
Mark 1:20 ἐκάλεσεν

Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.
Mark 2:17 καλέσαι

On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Mark 3:31 καλοῦντες

Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
Mark 11:17 κληθήσεται

Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Luke 1:13 καλέσεις

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
Luke 1:31 καλέσεις

Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
Luke 1:32 κληθήσεται

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
Luke 1:35 κληθήσεται

The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
Luke 1:36 καλουμένῃ

Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
Luke 1:59 ἐκάλουν

On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
Luke 1:60 κληθήσεται

But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
Luke 1:61 καλεῖται

They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
Luke 1:62 καλεῖσθαι

So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
Luke 1:76 κληθήσῃ

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
Luke 2:4 καλεῖται

So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
Luke 2:21 ἐκλήθηκληθὲν

When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.
Luke 2:23 κληθήσεται

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
Luke 5:32 καλέσαι

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
Luke 6:15 καλούμενον

Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;
Luke 6:46 καλεῖτε

Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?
Luke 7:11 καλουμένην

Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.
Luke 7:39 καλέσας

When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”
Luke 8:2 καλουμένη

as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
Luke 9:10 καλουμένην

Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.
Luke 10:39 καλουμένη

She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
Luke 14:7 κεκλημένους

When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable: