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

• Luke 19:2 And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
• Luke 19:13 Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.
• Luke 19:29 As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,
• Luke 20:44 Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”
• Luke 21:37 Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
• Luke 22:3 Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.
• Luke 22:25 So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.
• Luke 23:33 When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.
• John 1:42 Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
• John 2:2 and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
• Acts 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
• Acts 1:19 This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
• Acts 1:23 So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.
• Acts 3:11 While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
• Acts 4:18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
• Acts 7:58 They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
• Acts 8:10 and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”
• Acts 9:11 “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
• Acts 10:1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
• Acts 13:1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
• Acts 14:12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
• Acts 15:22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,
• Acts 15:37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.
• Acts 24:2 When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.
• Acts 27:8 After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
• Acts 27:14 But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.
• Acts 27:16 Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
• Acts 28:1 Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
• Romans 4:17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
• Romans 8:30 And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
• Romans 9:7 Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
• Romans 9:12 not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
• Romans 9:24 including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
• Romans 9:25 As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
• Romans 9:26 and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
• 1 Corinthians 1:9 God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
• 1 Corinthians 7:15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
• 1 Corinthians 7:17 Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
• 1 Corinthians 7:18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
• 1 Corinthians 7:20 Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
• 1 Corinthians 7:21 Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.
• 1 Corinthians 7:22 For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
• 1 Corinthians 7:24 Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.
• 1 Corinthians 10:27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.
• 1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
• Galatians 1:6 I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
• Galatians 1:15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
• Galatians 5:8 Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.
• Galatians 5:13 For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
• Ephesians 4:1 As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
• Ephesians 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
• Colossians 3:15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:24 The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:14 To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
• 2 Timothy 1:9 He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
• Hebrews 2:11 For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
• Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.