ἐπικαλέω

ἐπι-καλέω, -ῶ

[in LXX chiefly for קָרָא ;]

1. to call, name, surname: with accusative (cl.), Matt 10,25 pass., ApG 1,23; 4,36; 10,5, 18; 10,22; 11,13; 12,12, 25, Hebr 11,16; τ. ὄνομα, before ἐπί (denoting possession, as Heb. עַל. . שֻׁם קָרָא), ApG 15,17 (LXX), Jak 2,7 (see. CB on Amos 9,12).

2. Mid. (so also act.; cl., LXX), to call upon, invoke, appeal to (θεόν, θεούς, Hdt., Xen., al.; cf. Deiss., LAE, 426): Καίσαρα (Σεβαστόν, ApG 25,25), ApG 25,11-12, 21; 26,32; 28,19; sc. τ. Κύριον Ἰησοῦν, ApG 7,59 μάρτυρα (cl.) τ. θεόν, 2 Kor 1,23 πατέρα, 1 Pet 1,17 τ. κύριον, Rom 10,12, 2 Tim 2,22; τ. ὄνομα κυρίου (μου, σου; like Heb. יְהוָֹה שֻׁם קָרָא), ApG 2,21 (LXX) ApG 9,14, 21; 22,16, Rom 10,13-14" (LXX) 1 Kor 1,2 (Cremer, 335, 742).†