kaleō G2564

καλέω (kaleō) means “to call: call” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

καλέω Greek · G2564 147 tagged occurrences in 139 verses

Pronunciation guide: kal-eh'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2564G

καλέω · kaleō · to call: call

καλέω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for קרא ;] 1. to call, summon: with 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. 2. to call to one's house, invite: Luk.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; metaphorically, of inviting to partake of the blessings of the kingdom of God (Dalman, Words, 118f.): Rom.8:30 9:24, 25 1Co.7:17, 18; before εἰς, 1Co.1:9, 1Th.2:12, 1Ti.6:12; ὁ καλῶν (καλέσας), of God, Gal.1:6 5:8, 1Th.5:24, 1Pe.1:15, 2Pe.1:3; οἱ κεκλκλημένοι, Heb.9:15; before ἐν (ἐπί), 1Co.7:15, Gal.5:13, Eph.4:4, 1Th.4:7; κλήσει, Eph.4:1, 2Ti.1:9. 3. to call, name call by name: pass., Mat.2:23, Luk.1:32, al.; καλούμενος, Luk.7:11, Act.7:58, al.; ὁ κ. (Deiss., BS, 210), Luk.6:15 22:3 23:33, Act.10:1, Rev.12:9, al.; with pred nom., Mat.5:9, Luk.1:35, Rom.9:26, Jas.2:23, 1Jn.3:1. (Cf. ἀντι-, ἐν-, εἰσ- (-μαι), ἐπι-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, προ-, προσ-, συν-καλέω.) (AS)

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TBESG · G2564H

καλέω · kaleō · to call: name

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name.

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How translators render G2564

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
called	22
will be called	9
calls	6
to call	5
you were called	5
of	4
when he was called	4
has called	3
he called	3
they called	3
to be called	3
was called	3
you are to give	3
call	2
had invited	2
invite	2
invited	2
is called	2
jesus called	2
named	2
when called	2
will be reckoned	2
you are invited	2
also called	1
and called	1
are called	1
are invited	1
are not to be called	1
are you to be called	1
bears	1
call themselves	1
called me	1
called us	1
do not call anyone	1
do you call	1
had also been invited	1
had been called in	1
had given him	1
has been called	1
has called you	1
have been invited	1
he also called	1
he gave him the name	1
he had invited	1
he has called	1
he must be called	1
he shall be called	1
he was called	1
he was named	1
he will be called	1
host who invited	1
i called	1
i invited	1
i will call them	1
invites	1
it is called	1
shall be consecrated	1
summon	1
the guests	1
the title	1
they were going to name	1
they will be called	1
they will call	1
to name	1
we should be called	1
were called	1
were invited	1
when god called him	1
when you were called	1
who called	1
who calls	1
who had been invited	1
you have received	1
your host	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
called	25
is called	10
shall be called	8
he called	6
call	5
to call	5
hath called	4
to be called	4
was called	4
calleth	3
that is called	3
they called	3
were bidden	3
ye are called	3
are called	2
be called	2
bid	2
is	2
shall	2
shalt be called	2
thou art bidden	2
thou shalt call	2
art thou called	1
bade	1
bade him	1
be	1
be ye called	1
bidden	1
call ye	1
calling	1
doth	1
had bidden	1
hath	1
have been called	1
have i called	1
he calleth	1
he hath called	1
he shall be called	1
he that bade	1
he that calleth	1
he that is called	1
he was called	1
he which hath called	1
him that calleth	1
i will call	1
of him that hath called	1
of him who hath called	1
shall they be called	1
shalt call	1
that bade	1
that was called	1
them that were bidden	1
them which are bidden	1
they have called	1
they shall call	1
they which were bidden	1
thou art	1
was called forth	1
we should be called	1
were ye called	1
when he had	1
when he was called	1
which are called	1
which is called	1
which was so named	1
who was called	1
whose name was	1
whose surname was	1
ye are	1
ye were called	1

Verses containing G2564

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Matthew 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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Matthew 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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”).
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Matthew 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
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Matthew 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
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Matthew 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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Matthew 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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Matthew 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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Matthew 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
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Matthew 5:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Matthew 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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Matthew 20:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’
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Matthew 21:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’”
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Matthew 22:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
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Matthew 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’
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Matthew 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
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Matthew 22:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
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Matthew 22:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
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Matthew 22:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”
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Matthew 23:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
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Matthew 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
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Matthew 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
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Matthew 23:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
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Matthew 25:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
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Matthew 27:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
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Mark 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.
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Mark 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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Mark 3:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
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Mark 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’”
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Luke 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Luke 1:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
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Luke 1:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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Luke 1:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Luke 1:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
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Luke 1:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
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Luke 1:60 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
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Luke 1:61 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
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Luke 1:62 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
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Luke 1:76 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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Luke 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Luke 2:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.
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Luke 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
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Luke 5:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
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Luke 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;
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Luke 6:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?
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Luke 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.
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Luke 7:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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!”
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Luke 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
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Luke 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.
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Luke 10:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
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Luke 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
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