καλέωkaléō

Meanings

Same root

• κελεύωkeleúō · G2753"hail"; to incite by word, i.e. order
• προκαλέομαιprokaléomai · G4292to call forth to oneself (challenge), i.e. (by implication) to irritate
• κλέοςkléos · G2811renown (as if being called)
• ἐγκαλέωenkaléō · G1458to call in (as a debt or demand), i.e. bring to account (charge, criminate, etc.)
• συγκαλέωsynkaléō · G4779to convoke
• παρακαλέωparakaléō · G3870to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
• εἰσκαλέωeiskaléō · G1528to invite in
• προσκαλέομαιproskaléomai · G4341to call toward oneself, i.e. summon, invite

Where it appears

Appears 147 times in the Bible.

• Matthew 1:21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
• Matthew 1:23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’”
• Matthew 1:25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.
• Matthew 2:7 Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared.
• Matthew 2:15 and they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”
• Matthew 2:23 So the family went and lived in a town called Nazareth. This fulfilled what the prophets had said: “He will be called a Nazarene.”