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Greek word study

καλέωkaléō — I call, invite, name

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

Translated in the King James as: bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called))

Appears 146 times in Scripture

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

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Where it appears

Matthew — 26×

Matt 1:21 Matt 1:23 Matt 1:25 Matt 2:7 Matt 2:15 Matt 2:23 Matt 4:21 Matt 5:9 Matt 5:19 Matt 9:13 Matt 20:8 Matt 21:13 Matt 22:3 Matt 22:4 Matt 22:8 Matt 22:9 Matt 22:43 Matt 22:45 Matt 23:7 Matt 23:8 Matt 23:9 Matt 23:10 Matt 25:14 Matt 27:8+ 2 more in Matthew

Mark — 4×

Mark 1:20 Mark 2:17 Mark 3:31 Mark 11:17

Luke — 42×

Luke 1:13 Luke 1:31 Luke 1:32 Luke 1:35 Luke 1:36 Luke 1:59 Luke 1:60 Luke 1:61 Luke 1:62 Luke 1:76 Luke 2:4 Luke 2:21 Luke 2:23 Luke 5:32 Luke 6:15 Luke 6:46 Luke 7:11 Luke 7:39 Luke 8:2 Luke 9:10 Luke 10:39 Luke 14:7 Luke 14:8 Luke 14:9 Luke 14:10+ 17 more in Luke

John — 2×

John 1:42 John 2:2

Acts — 17×

Acts 1:12 Acts 1:19 Acts 1:23 Acts 3:11 Acts 4:18 Acts 7:58 Acts 8:10 Acts 10:1 Acts 13:1 Acts 14:12 Acts 15:22 Acts 15:37 Acts 24:2 Acts 27:8 Acts 27:14 Acts 27:16 Acts 28:1

Romans — 8×

Rom 4:17 Rom 8:30 Rom 9:7 Rom 9:12 Rom 9:24 Rom 9:25 Rom 9:26+ 1 more in Romans

1 Corinthians — 12×

1 Cor 1:9 1 Cor 7:15 1 Cor 7:17 1 Cor 7:18 1 Cor 7:20 1 Cor 7:21 1 Cor 7:22 1 Cor 7:24 1 Cor 10:27 1 Cor 15:9+ 2 more in 1 Corinthians

Galatians — 4×

Gal 1:6 Gal 1:15 Gal 5:8 Gal 5:13

Ephesians — 2×

Eph 4:1 Eph 4:4

Colossians — 1×

1 Thessalonians — 3×

1 Thess 2:12 1 Thess 4:7 1 Thess 5:24

2 Thessalonians — 1×

1 Timothy — 1×

2 Timothy — 1×

Hebrews — 6×

Heb 2:11 Heb 3:13 Heb 5:4 Heb 9:15 Heb 11:8 Heb 11:18

James — 1×

1 Peter — 6×

1 Pet 1:15 1 Pet 2:9 1 Pet 2:21 1 Pet 3:6 1 Pet 3:9 1 Pet 5:10

2 Peter — 1×

1 John — 1×

Revelation — 7×

Rev 1:9 Rev 11:8 Rev 12:9 Rev 16:16 Rev 19:9 Rev 19:11 Rev 19:13

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.