προσκαλέομαιproskaléomai
to call toward oneself, i.e. summon, invite
Greek (New Testament) · G4341
Meanings
to call to. Mid., to call to oneself: with accusative of person, Matthew 10:1, Mark 3:13, Mark 6:7, Luke 7:19, Acts 5:40, James 5:14, and elsewhere Metaph., of the Divine call: Acts 2:39; with infinitive, Acts 16:10 (see Bl., § 69, 4); followed by εἰς, Acts 13:2.
Same root
- πρόςprós · G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
- καλέωkaléō · G2564to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
Where it appears
Appears 28 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 10:1 Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and illness.
- Matthew 15:10 Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. “Listen,” he said, “and try to understand.
- Matthew 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples and told them, “I feel sorry for these people. They have been here with me for three days, and they have nothing left to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry, or they will faint along the way.”
- Matthew 18:2 Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them.
- Matthew 18:32 Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me.
- Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.