καλέω kaléō

Meaning

to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)

In the King James Version: bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called))

Derivation: akin to the base of G2753 (κελεύω);

Where it is used

• Matthew 1:21 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.”
• Matthew 1:23 “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”).
• Matthew 1:25 But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
• Matthew 2:7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
• Matthew 2:15 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.”
• Matthew 2:23 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.”
• Matthew 4:21 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,
• Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
• Matthew 5:19 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.
• Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
• Matthew 20:8 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.’
• Matthew 21:13 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.’”
• Matthew 22:3 He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
• Matthew 22:4 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.’
• Matthew 22:8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
• Matthew 22:9 Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
• Matthew 22:43 Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
• Matthew 22:45 So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”
• Matthew 23:7 the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
• Matthew 23:8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
• Matthew 23:9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
• Matthew 23:10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
• Matthew 25:14 For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
• Matthew 27:8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
• Mark 1:20 Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.
• Mark 2:17 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.”
• Mark 3:31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
• Mark 11:17 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.’”
• Luke 1:13 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.
• Luke 1:31 Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
• Luke 1:32 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,
• Luke 1:35 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.
• Luke 1:36 Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
• Luke 1:59 On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
• Luke 1:60 But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
• Luke 1:61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
• Luke 1:62 So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
• Luke 1:76 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,
• Luke 2:4 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.
• Luke 2:21 When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.
• Luke 2:23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
• Luke 5:32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
• Luke 6:15 Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;
• Luke 6:46 Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?
• Luke 7:11 Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.
• Luke 7:39 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!”
• Luke 8:2 as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
• Luke 9:10 Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.
• Luke 10:39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
• Luke 14:7 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
• Luke 14:8 “When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.
• Luke 14:9 Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.
• Luke 14:10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.
• Luke 14:12 Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
• Luke 14:13 But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
• Luke 14:16 But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.
• Luke 14:17 When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
• Luke 14:24 For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
• Luke 15:19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’
• Luke 15:21 The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’