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ἐπικαλέομαι

epikaleomai

ep-ee-kal-eh'-om-ahee

Strong's 1890 spelling: epikaléomai

to entitle

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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

Rendered in the KJV as

appeal (unto), call (on, upon), surname.

  • 30
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 9 of 27
    New Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 24
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 30 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 24

  • ἐπικαλουμένους3
  • ἐπικαλεῖται2
  • ἐπικαλεσαμένου2
  • ἐπικαλέσηται2
  • ἐπικαλούμενον2
  • ἐπεκάλεσαν,1
  • ἐπεκέκλητο1
  • ἐπεκλήθη1
  • ἐπικαλεῖσθαι1
  • ἐπικαλεῖσθε1
  • ἐπικαλεσάμενος1
  • ἐπικαλέσασθαι1

and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 21

  • calling on5
  • is called4
  • having been called3
  • call1
  • calling1
  • has been called1
  • having appealed for1
  • having appealed to1
  • he had appealed1
  • he was calling out1
  • I appeal!1
  • is being called1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 23

  • verb · present middle, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine plural3
  • verb · aorist (simple past) middle, participle (“the one who…”) · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2
  • verb · aorist (simple past) middle, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2
  • verb · present middle or passive, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine singular2
  • verb · present middle, statement · 1st person singular2
  • verb · present passive, statement · 3rd person singular2
  • verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural1
  • verb · aorist (simple past) middle, infinitive (“to…”)1
  • verb · aorist (simple past) middle, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
  • verb · aorist (simple past) middle, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1
  • verb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singular1
  • verb · aorist (simple past) passive, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • V-PMP-APM · 3
  • V-AMP-GSM · 2
  • V-AMS-3S · 2
  • V-PEP-ASM · 2
  • V-PMI-1S · 2
  • V-PPI-3S · 2
  • V-AAI-3P · 1
  • V-AMN · 1
  • V-AMP-NSM · 1
  • V-AMS-3P · 1
  • V-API-3S · 1
  • V-APP-ASM · 1

All 30, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Matthew1 occurrence
Acts20 occurrences
Romans3 occurrences
1 Corinthians1 occurrence
2 Corinthians1 occurrence
2 Timothy1 occurrence
Hebrews1 occurrence
James1 occurrence
1 Peter1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).