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Greek verb · G2564

καλέω

kaleokal-eh'-o

to call, summon; to call to one's house, invite; to call, name call by name

147 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: kaléō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2564is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 20 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 58
    spellings
  • 3
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2564

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

The King James renders it: bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

kaleo is rendered "to call, summon; to call to one's house, invite; to call, name call by name". It stands 147 times in the Greek text, across twenty books.

  • Forty-three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to call, summon".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
  • The Greek text spells it fifty-eight different ways.

The first use

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 1:21καλέσεις

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries three meanings: to call, summon, and to call to one's house, invite, and to call, name call by name.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to call, summonwith 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.Tagged as
  • is being called14
  • having called10
  • will be called7
  • He called6
  • you were called6
  • calling5
  • to be called5
  • having invited4

and 34 more, 105 uses in all

WhereMatthew 2:15where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the…
to call to one's house, inviteLuk.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;...Tagged as
  • invited9
  • to call6
  • you may be invited2
  • invites1
  • Was invited1
WhereMatthew 22:3He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
to call, name call by nameTagged as
  • being called10
  • is called8
  • He will be called4
  • named1
WhereMatthew 2:23and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 147, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

58 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • καλούμενον11
  • ἐκάλεσεν10
  • κληθήσεται8
  • ἐκλήθη7
  • ἐκλήθητε7
  • καλούμενος7
  • καλέσας6
  • καλεῖται5
  • καλεῖ4
  • καλέσαι4
  • καλέσαντος4
  • καλεῖσθαι3

and 46 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular11V-FPI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular10V-AAI-3S
  • verb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular8V-PPP-ASM
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person plural7V-API-2P
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular7V-API-3S
  • verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular7V-PPP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular6V-AAP-NSM
  • verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-PPI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)4V-AAN
  • verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular4V-AAP-GSM
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-PAI-3S
  • verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)3V-APN

Matthew

twenty-six uses
  • 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 1:21

    • καλέσειςkaleseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will call
  • “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 1:23

    • καλέσουσινkalesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will call
  • But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.

    Matthew 1:25

    • ἐκάλεσενekalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he called
  • Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.

    Matthew 2:7

    • καλέσαςkalesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called
  • 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 2:15

    • ἐκάλεσαekalesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I called
  • 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 2:23

    • κληθήσεται.¶klethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will be called
  • 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 4:21

    • ἐκάλεσενekalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He called
  • Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

    Matthew 5:9

    • κληθήσονται.¶klethesontaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will be called
  • 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 5:19

    • κληθήσεταιklethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will be called
    • κληθήσεταιklethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be called
  • But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

    Matthew 9:13

    • καλέσαιkalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to call
  • 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 20:8

    • κάλεσονkalesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do call
  • 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 21:13

    • κληθήσεταιklethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be called,’
  • He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

    Matthew 22:3

    • καλέσαιkalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to call
    • κεκλημένουςkeklemenousverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: invited
  • 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 22:4

    • κεκλημένοιςkeklemenoisverb · perfect passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: invited
  • Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

    Matthew 22:8

    • κεκλημένοιkeklemenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: invited
  • Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’

    Matthew 22:9

    • καλέσατεkalesateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do invite
  • Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

    Matthew 22:43

    • καλεῖkaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: does call
  • So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”

    Matthew 22:45

    • καλεῖkaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: calls
  • the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.

    Matthew 23:7

    • καλεῖσθαιkaleisthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be called
  • But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

    Matthew 23:8

    • κληθῆτεkletheteverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: may be called
  • And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

    Matthew 23:9

    • καλέσητεkaleseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: may call
  • Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.

    Matthew 23:10

    • κληθῆτεkletheteverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: may be called
  • For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.

    Matthew 25:14

    • ἐκάλεσενekalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: called
  • That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

    Matthew 27:8

    • ἐκλήθηekletheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was called

Mark

four uses
  • Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.

    Mark 1:20

    • ἐκάλεσενekalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He called
  • 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 2:17

    • καλέσαιkalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to call
  • Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,

    Mark 3:31

    • καλοῦντεςkalountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: calling
  • 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.’”

    Mark 11:17

    • κληθήσεταιklethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be called

Luke

forty-three uses
  • 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 1:13

    • καλέσειςkaleseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will call
  • Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.

    Luke 1:31

    • καλέσειςkaleseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will call
  • 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 1:32

    • κληθήσεταιklethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will be called
  • 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 1:35

    • κληθήσεταιklethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be called
  • 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 1:36

    • καλουμένῃkaloumeneverb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: called
  • On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.

    Luke 1:59

    • ἐκάλουνekalounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were calling
  • But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”

    Luke 1:60

    • κληθήσεταιklethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will be called
  • They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”

    Luke 1:61

    • καλεῖταιkaleitaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is called
  • So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.

    Luke 1:62

    • καλεῖσθαιkaleisthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be called
  • 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 1:76

    • κληθήσῃkletheseverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: will be called
  • 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 2:4

    • καλεῖταιkaleitaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is called
  • 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 2:21

    • ἐκλήθηekletheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was called
    • κληθὲνklethenverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: He had been called
  • (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),

    Luke 2:23

    • κληθήσεταιklethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be called
  • I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

    Luke 5:32

    • καλέσαιkalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to call
  • Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

    Luke 6:15

    • καλούμενονkaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: being called
  • Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?

    Luke 6:46

    • καλεῖτεkaleiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: do you call
  • Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.

    Luke 7:11

    • καλουμένηνkaloumenenverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: being called
  • 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 7:39

    • καλέσαςkalesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having invited
  • 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 8:2

    • καλουμένηkaloumeneverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: is called
  • 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 9:10

    • καλουμένηνkaloumenenverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: being called
  • She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.

    Luke 10:39

    • καλουμένηkaloumeneverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: being called
  • When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:

    Luke 14:7

    • κεκλημένουςkeklemenousverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: invited
  • “When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.

    Luke 14:8

    • κληθῇςkletheasverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you may be invited
    • κεκλημένοςkeklemenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: invited
  • Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.

    Luke 14:9

    • καλέσαςkalesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having invited
  • But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.

    Luke 14:10

    • κληθῇςkletheasverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you may be invited
    • κεκληκώςkeklekosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having invited
  • Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.

    Luke 14:12

    • κεκληκότιkeklekotiverb · perfect active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: having invited
  • But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,

    Luke 14:13

    • κάλειkaleiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do call
  • But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.

    Luke 14:16

    • ἐκάλεσενekalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: invited
  • When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

    Luke 14:17

    • κεκλημένοιςkeklemenoisverb · perfect passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: invited
  • For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”

    Luke 14:24

    • κεκλημένωνkeklemenonverb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: invited
  • I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’

    Luke 15:19

    • κληθῆναιklethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be called
  • The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

    Luke 15:21

    • κληθῆναιklethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be called
  • And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.

    Luke 19:2

    • καλούμενοςkaloumenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being called
  • Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.

    Luke 19:13

    • καλέσαςkalesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having called
  • As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,

    Luke 19:29

    • καλούμενονkaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: is being called
  • Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”

    Luke 20:44

    • καλεῖkaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: calls
  • Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.

    Luke 21:37

    • καλούμενονkaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: is being called
  • Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.

    Luke 22:3

    • καλούμενονkaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: is being called
  • So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.

    Luke 22:25

    • καλοῦνταιkalountaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are called
  • When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.

    Luke 23:33

    • καλούμενονkaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: is being called

John

two uses
  • Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).

    John 1:42

    • κληθήσῃkletheseverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: will be called
  • and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

    John 2:2

    • ἐκλήθηekletheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Was invited

Acts

eighteen uses
  • Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

    Acts 1:12

    • καλουμένουkaloumenouverb · present passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: is being called
  • This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

    Acts 1:19

    • κληθῆναιklethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to call
  • So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.

    Acts 1:23

    • καλούμενονkaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: is being called
  • While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.

    Acts 3:11

    • καλουμένῃkaloumeneverb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: is being called
  • Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

    Acts 4:18

    • καλέσαντεςkalesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having called
  • They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

    Acts 7:58

    • καλουμένουkaloumenouverb · present passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: named
  • and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”

    Acts 8:10

    • καλουμένηkaloumeneverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: is called
  • “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

    Acts 9:11

    • καλουμένηνkaloumenenverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: is being called
  • At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.

    Acts 10:1

    • καλουμένηςkaloumenesverb · present passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: is called
  • Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

    Acts 13:1

    • καλούμενοςkaloumenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is being called
  • Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

    Acts 14:12

    • ἐκάλουνekalounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They were calling
  • Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,

    Acts 15:22

    • καλούμενονkaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: is being called
  • Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.

    Acts 15:37

    • καλούμενονkaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: is being called
  • When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.

    Acts 24:2

    • κληθέντοςklethentosverb · aorist passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: When was invited
  • After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

    Acts 27:8

    • καλούμενονkaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: being called
  • But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.

    Acts 27:14

    • καλούμενοςkaloumenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is being called
  • Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

    Acts 27:16

    • καλούμενονkaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: being called
  • Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

    Acts 28:1

    • καλεῖταιkaleitaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is called

Romans

seven uses
  • As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

    Romans 4:17

    • καλοῦντοςkalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: calling
  • And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

    Romans 8:30

    • ἐκάλεσενekalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He called
    • ἐκάλεσενekalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He called
  • Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

    Romans 9:7

    • κληθήσεταίklethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be named
  • including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?

    Romans 9:24

    • ἐκάλεσενekalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has called
  • As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”

    Romans 9:25

    • καλέσωkalesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will call
  • and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

    Romans 9:26

    • κληθήσονταιklethesontaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will be called

1 Corinthians

twelve uses
  • God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

    1 Corinthians 1:9

    • ἐκλήθητεekletheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you were called
  • But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.

    1 Corinthians 7:15

    • κέκληκενkeklekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has called
  • Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.

    1 Corinthians 7:17

    • κέκληκενkeklekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has called
  • Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.

    1 Corinthians 7:18

    • ἐκλήθηekletheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was called
    • κέκληταίkekletaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been called
  • Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

    1 Corinthians 7:20

    • ἐκλήθηekletheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he has been called
  • Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.

    1 Corinthians 7:21

    • ἐκλήθηςeklethesverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: were you called
  • For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.

    1 Corinthians 7:22

    • κληθεὶςkletheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been called
    • κληθεὶςkletheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been called
  • Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.

    1 Corinthians 7:24

    • ἐκλήθηekletheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was called
  • If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.

    1 Corinthians 10:27

    • καλεῖkaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: invites
  • For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

    1 Corinthians 15:9

    • καλεῖσθαιkaleisthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be called

Galatians

four uses
  • I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

    Galatians 1:6

    • καλέσαντοςkalesantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having called
  • But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

    Galatians 1:15

    • καλέσαςkalesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called
  • Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.

    Galatians 5:8

    • καλοῦντοςkalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: calling
  • For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

    Galatians 5:13

    • ἐκλήθητεekletheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: were called

Ephesians

two uses
  • As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

    Ephesians 4:1

    • ἐκλήθητεekletheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you were called
  • There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

    Ephesians 4:4

    • ἐκλήθητεekletheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you were called

Colossians

one use
  • Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.

    Colossians 3:15

    • ἐκλήθητεekletheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you were called

1 Thessalonians

three uses
  • encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

    1 Thessalonians 2:12

    • καλοῦντοςkalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is calling
  • For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

    1 Thessalonians 4:7

    • ἐκάλεσενekalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has called
  • The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.

    1 Thessalonians 5:24

    • καλῶνkalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: calling

2 Thessalonians

one use
  • To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    2 Thessalonians 2:14

    • ἐκάλεσενekalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He called

1 Timothy

one use
  • Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

    1 Timothy 6:12

    • ἐκλήθηςeklethesverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you were called

2 Timothy

one use
  • He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

    2 Timothy 1:9

    • καλέσαντοςkalesantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having called

Hebrews

six uses
  • For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

    Hebrews 2:11

    • καλεῖνkaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to call
  • But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

    Hebrews 3:13

    • καλεῖταιkaleitaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it is called
  • No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.

    Hebrews 5:4

    • καλούμενοςkaloumenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being called
  • 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.

    Hebrews 9:15

    • κεκλημένοιkeklemenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: called
  • By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

    Hebrews 11:8

    • καλούμενοςkaloumenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being called
  • even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

    Hebrews 11:18

    • κληθήσεταίklethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be reckoned

James

one use
  • And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.

    James 2:23

    • ἐκλήθηekletheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was called

1 Peter

six uses
  • But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,

    1 Peter 1:15

    • καλέσανταkalesantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having called
  • But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

    1 Peter 2:9

    • καλέσαντοςkalesantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having called
  • For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:

    1 Peter 2:21

    • ἐκλήθητεekletheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have been called
  • just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

    1 Peter 3:6

    • καλοῦσαkalousaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: calling
  • Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

    1 Peter 3:9

    • ἐκλήθητεekletheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you were called
  • And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.

    1 Peter 5:10

    • καλέσαςkalesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called

2 Peter

one use
  • His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

    2 Peter 1:3

    • καλέσαντοςkalesantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having called

1 John

one use
  • Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

    1 John 3:1

    • κληθῶμενklethomenverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may be called —

Revelation

seven uses
  • I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.

    Revelation 1:9

    • καλουμένῃkaloumeneverb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: is being called
  • Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.

    Revelation 11:8

    • καλεῖταιkaleitaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is called
  • And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

    Revelation 12:9

    • καλούμενοςkaloumenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is called
  • And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

    Revelation 16:16

    • καλούμενονkaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: is being called
  • Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

    Revelation 19:9

    • κεκλημένοιkeklemenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: invited
  • Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.

    Revelation 19:11

    • καλούμενοςkaloumenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being called
  • He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.

    Revelation 19:13

    • κέκληταιkekletaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been called

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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