καλέω

kalevw kalevw,
kalw'/; imperfect
ejkavloun; future
kalevsw (Winer's Grammar, sec. 13, 3 c.); 1 aorist
ejkavlesa; perfect
kevklhkav; passive, present
kalou'mai; perfect 3 person singular
kevklhtai ( L T Tr WH; ( L T Tr WH)), participle
keklhmevno"; 1 aorist
ejklhvqhn; 1 future
klhqhvsomai; (from Homer down); Hebrew ar;q;; Latin voco; i. e.:1. to call (German rufen (cf.
boavw, at the end)); a. to call aloud, utter in a loud voice:
a[cri"
ou|
tov
shvmeron
kalei'tai, as long as the word `today' is called out or proclaimed, ;
tina, to call one to approach or stand before one, ; (where
eij"
touv"
gavmou" seems to belong to
touv"
keklhmevno"); ; ( L T Tr WH); ;
tav
ijdiva/
provbata
kat!
o[noma, his own sheep each by its name, (where L T Tr WH
fwnei'); used of Christ, calling certain persons to be his disciples and constant companions, (note what precedes in 19:
deu'te
ojpivsw
mou); ; to order one to be summoned, (see just below); before the judges, ; ; followed by
ejk with the genitive of place, equivalent to to call out, call forth from: , cf. . metaphorically, to cause to pass from one state into another:
tina
ejk
skovtou"
eij"
tov
fw'", . b. like the Latin voco equivalent to to invite; properly:
eij"
touv"
gavmou", ,; f; ; to a feast, ; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)); ;
oJ
kalevsa", ; ;
oJ
keklhkwv"
tina, ,;
oiJ
keklhmevnoi, ; ,,; (; Esth. ; and often so in Greek writings from Homer, Odyssey 4, 532; 11,187 down).
b. metaphorically: to invite one,
eij"
tiv, to something i. e. to participate in it, enjoy it; used thus in the Epistles of Paul and Peter of God as inviting men by the preaching of the gospel (
diav
tou'
eujaggelivou, ) to the blessings of the heavenly kingdom:
eij"
thvn
basileivan
tou'
Qeou', ;
eij"
zwhvn
aijwvnion, ;
eij"
dovxan
aijwvnion, ;
eij"
thvn
koinwnivan
tou'
uiJou'
aujtou', ; so
kalei'n
tina used alone: ; f; f,20-22,24;
tina
kalei'n
klhvsei, ;
ejn
w|/
ejklhqhmen, in whom lies the reason why we were called, who is the ground of our having been invited, Lachmann;
a[xio"
th'"
klhvsew",
h|" (by attraction for
hJ (or perhaps
h{n; cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 24, 1; Buttmann, 287 (247); Ellicott, in the place cited))
ejklhvqhte, ; God is styled
oJ
k