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Greek verb · G4341

προσκαλέομαι

proskaleomaipros-kal-eh'-om-ahee

to call to/summon

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

Concordance spelling: proskaléomai

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4341is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 5 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 9
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G4341

to call toward oneself, i.e. summon, invite

The King James renders it: call (for, to, unto).

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

proskaleomai is rendered "to call to/summon". It stands 28 times in the Greek text, across five books.

  • Nine of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 10:1And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.
  • The Greek text spells it nine different ways.

The first use

And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.

Matthew 10:1προσκαλεσάμενος

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

Where the word stands

Nine of the word's twenty-eight uses are in Mark.

The other 22 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • having called to16
  • having called near3
  • called1
  • calls near1
  • having called in1
  • having summoned1
  • He calls near1
  • he has called1
  • he should call near1
  • I have called1
  • may call to Himself1

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.

προσέρχομαιproserchomaito come near/agreeUses86
προσεύχομαιproseuchomaito prayUses85
πρόσωπονprosoponfaceUses75
προσκυνέωproskyneoto worshipUses60
προσφέρωprospheroto bring toUses47
προσευχήproseucheprayerUses35
προσέχωprosechoto watch outUses24
προστίθημιprostithemito add (to)Uses18
προσδοκάωprosdokaoto look forUses16
προσδέχομαιprosdechomaito wait for/welcomeUses14
προσλαμβάνωproslambanoto takeUses12
προσκαρτερέωproskartereoto continue in/withUses10

and 56 more on the stem.

All 28, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

9 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

  • προσκαλεσάμενος18
  • προσκαλεῖται2
  • προσκαλεσάμενοι2
  • προσεκαλέσατο1
  • προσκαλεσάμενός1
  • προσκαλεσάσθω1
  • προσκαλέσηται1
  • προσκέκλημαι1
  • προσκέκληται1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular19V-ADP-NSM
  • verb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-ADP-NPM
  • verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PNI-3S
  • verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-ADI-3S
  • verb · aorist middle form, command · 3rd person singular1V-ADM-3S
  • verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-ADS-3S
  • verb · perfect middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singular1V-RNI-1S
  • verb · perfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RNI-3S

Matthew

six uses
  • And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.

    Matthew 10:1

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having summoned
  • Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.

    Matthew 15:10

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to
  • Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”

    Matthew 15:32

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to
  • Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

    Matthew 18:2

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to
  • Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

    Matthew 18:32

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to
  • But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

    Matthew 20:25

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to

Mark

nine uses
  • Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.

    Mark 3:13

    • προσκαλεῖταιproskaleitaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: calls near
  • So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

    Mark 3:23

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to
  • Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

    Mark 6:7

    • προσκαλεῖταιproskaleitaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He calls near
  • Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:

    Mark 7:14

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to
  • In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,

    Mark 8:1

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to
  • Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

    Mark 8:34

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to
  • So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

    Mark 10:42

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called near
  • Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.

    Mark 12:43

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to
  • Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.

    Mark 15:44

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to

Luke

three uses
  • So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.

    Luke 15:26

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called near
  • And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

    Luke 16:5

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to
  • But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

    Luke 18:16

    • προσεκαλέσατοprosekalesatoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: called

Acts

nine uses
  • This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

    Acts 2:39

    • προσκαλέσηταιproskalesetaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may call to Himself
  • At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

    Acts 5:40

    • προσκαλεσάμενοιproskalesamenoiverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having called in
  • So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

    Acts 6:2

    • προσκαλεσάμενοιproskalesamenoiverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Having called near
  • While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

    Acts 13:2

    • προσκέκλημαιproskeklemaiverb · perfect middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have called
  • an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

    Acts 13:7

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to
  • As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

    Acts 16:10

    • προσκέκληταιproskekletaiverb · perfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he has called
  • Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

    Acts 23:17

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having called to
  • So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”

    Acts 23:18

    • προσκαλεσάμενόςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to
  • Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.

    Acts 23:23

    • προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called to

James

one use
  • Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

    James 5:14

    • προσκαλεσάσθωproskalesasthoverb · aorist middle form, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should call near

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

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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