καλέω

καλέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX chiefly for קרא ;]

1. to call, summon: with accusative of person(s), Matt 20,8; 25,14, Mark 3,31, Luk 19,13, ApG 4,18; before ἐκ, Matt 2,15 (LXX); metaphorically, 1 Pet 2,9,

2. to call to one's house, invite: Luk 14,16, 1 Kor 10,27, Åb 19,9; εἰς τ. γάμους, Matt 22,3, 9 Luk 14,8, 9 Joh 2,2; ὁ καλέσας, Luk 7,39 οἱ κεκλημένοι, Matt 22,8 metaphorically, of inviting to partake of the blessings of the kingdom of God (Dalman, Words, 118f.): Rom 8,30; 9,24, 25 1 Kor 7,17, 18; before εἰς, 1 Kor 1,9, 1 Thess 2,12, 1 Tim 6,12; ὁ καλῶν (καλέσας), of God, Gal 1,6; 5,8, 1 Thess 5,24, 1 Pet 1,15, 2 Pet 1,3; οἱ κεκλκλημένοι, Hebr 9,15 before ἐν (ἐπί), 1 Kor 7,15, Gal 5,13, Ef 4,4, 1 Thess 4,7; κλήσει, Ef 4,1, 2 Tim 1,9.

3. to call, name call by name: pass., Matt 2,23, Luk 1,32, al.; καλούμενος, Luk 7,11, ApG 7,58, al.; ὁ κ. (Deiss., BS, 210), Luk 6,15; 22,3; 23,33, ApG 10,1, Åb 12,9, al.; with pred nom., Matt 5,9, Luk 1,35, Rom 9,26, Jak 2,23, 1 Joh 3,1. (Cf. ἀντι-, ἐν-, εἰσ- (-μαι), ἐπι-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, προ-, προσ-, συν-καλέω.)