καλέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
καλέω
καλῶ
ἐκάλεσα
κέκληκα
κέκλημαι
ἐκλήθην
Structure:
καλέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: kale/sw is aor1 subj.
Sense
- I call, summon, I invite
- I invoke
- (law) I summon, sue
- I demand, require
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- κατέσπευδε δὲ Φαραὼ καλέσαι Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν λέγων. ἡμάρτηκα ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν καὶ εἰσ ὑμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 10:16)
- καὶ ἀπέστειλε Μωυσῆσ καλέσαι Δαθὰν καὶ Ἀβειρὼν υἱοὺσ Ἑλιάβ. καὶ εἶπαν. οὐκ ἀναβαίνομεν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 16:12)
- καὶ ἀπέστειλε πρέσβεισ πρὸσ Βαλαὰμ υἱὸν Βεὼρ Φαθουρά, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ γῆσ υἱῶν λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, καλέσαι αὐτὸν λέγων. ἰδοὺ λαὸσ ἐξελήλυθεν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἰδοὺ κατεκάλυψε τὴν ὄψιν τῆσ γῆσ καὶ οὗτοσ ἐγκάθηται ἐχόμενόσ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 22:5)
- καὶ ἦλθεν ὁ Θεὸσ πρὸσ Βαλαὰμ νυκτὸσ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. εἰ καλέσαι σε πάρεισιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι οὗτοι, ἀναστὰσ ἀκολούθησον αὐτοῖσ. ἀλλὰ τὸ ρῆμα, ὃ ἐὰν λαλήσω πρὸσ σε, τοῦτο ποιήσεισ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 22:20)
- καὶ εἶπε Βαλὰκ πρὸσ Βαλαάμ. οὐχὶ ἀπέστειλα πρὸσ σὲ καλέσαι σε̣ διατί οὐκ ἤρχου πρόσ με̣ ὄντωσ οὐ δυνήσομαι τιμῆσαί σε̣ (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 22:37)
Synonyms
-
I call
-
I invoke
-
I summon
-
I demand
Derived
- ἀνακαλέω (to call up the dead, to call again and again, to invoke)
- ἀποκαλέω (to call back, recall, to call away or aside)
- ἐκκαλέω (to call out or forth, summon forth, to call out to oneself)
- ἐπικαλέω (to call upon a god, invoke, to invite)
- κατακαλέω (to call down, summon, invite)
- μετακαλέω (to call away to another place, to call back, recall)
- παρακαλέω (I appeal, I urge, I exhort)
- προκαλέω (to call forth, to call out to fight, challenge)
- προσκαλέω (to call to, call on, summon)
- προσπαρακαλέω (to call in besides, invite, to exhort besides)
- συγκαλέω (to call to council, convoke, convene)