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Word Study · Strong's G2564 · Greek

καλέω

kaleo

kal-eh'-o

Strong's 1890 spelling: kaléō

to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)

Rendered in the KJV as

bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)).

  • 147
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 20 of 27
    New Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 72
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 147 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 72

  • καλούμενον11
  • ἐκάλεσεν8
  • καλούμενος7
  • καλέσας6
  • κληθήσεται5
  • ἐκλήθητε4
  • καλεῖται4
  • καλέσαι4
  • καλέσαντος4
  • ἐκλήθη3
  • ἐκλήθητε,3
  • καλεῖ3

and 60 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 72

  • is being called14
  • being called10
  • having called7
  • is called7
  • invited6
  • to call6
  • to be called5
  • you were called5
  • calling4
  • having invited4
  • will be called4
  • has called3

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

How it parses · 56

  • verb · future passive, statement · 3rd person singular11
  • verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular10
  • verb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine singular8
  • verb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 2nd person plural7
  • verb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singular7
  • verb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular7
  • verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular6
  • verb · present passive, statement · 3rd person singular5
  • verb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)4
  • verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular4
  • verb · present active, statement · 3rd person singular4
  • verb · aorist (simple past) passive, infinitive (“to…”)3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • V-FPI-3S · 11
  • V-AAI-3S · 10
  • V-PPP-ASM · 8
  • V-API-2P · 7
  • V-API-3S · 7
  • V-PPP-NSM · 7
  • V-AAP-NSM · 6
  • V-PPI-3S · 5
  • V-AAN · 4
  • V-AAP-GSM · 4
  • V-PAI-3S · 4
  • V-APN · 3

All 147, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

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

Matthew26 occurrences
Mark4 occurrences
Luke43 occurrences
John2 occurrences
Acts18 occurrences
Romans7 occurrences
1 Corinthians12 occurrences
Galatians4 occurrences
Ephesians2 occurrences
Colossians1 occurrence
1 Thessalonians3 occurrences
2 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 Timothy1 occurrence
2 Timothy1 occurrence
Hebrews6 occurrences
James1 occurrence
1 Peter6 occurrences
2 Peter1 occurrence
1 John1 occurrence
Revelation7 occurrences
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).