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.
- ἐγένετο δέ, ἡνίκα εἰσῆλθεν Ἅβραμ εἰσ Αἴγυπτον, ἰδόντεσ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, ὅτι καλὴ ἦν σφόδρα, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:14)
- ἡ δὲ παρθένοσ ἦν καλὴ τῇ ὄψει σφόδρα. παρθένοσ ἦν, ἀνὴρ οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτήν. καταβᾶσα δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν πηγὴν ἔπλησε τὴν ὑδρίαν αὐτῆσ καὶ ἀνέβη. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:16)
- οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ Λείασ ἀσθενεῖσ, Ραχὴλ δὲ ἦν καλὴ τῷ εἴδει καὶ ὡραία τῇ ὄψει σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:17)
- καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν ἀνάπαυσιν ὅτι καλή, καὶ τὴν γῆν ὅτι πίων, ὑπέθηκε τὸν ὦμον αὐτοῦ εἰσ τὸ πονεῖν καὶ ἐγενήθη ἀνὴρ γεωργόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:15)
- καὶ τίσ ἡ γῆ, εἰσ ἣν οὗτοι ἐγκάθηνται ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ, εἰ καλή ἐστιν ἢ πονηρά. καὶ τίνεσ αἱ πόλεισ, ἃσ οὗτοι κατοικοῦσιν ἐν αὐταῖσ, εἰ ἐν τειχήρεσιν ἢ ἐν ἀτειχίστοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 13:20)
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)