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.
- ὅτι τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου ἐκάλεσα. δότε μεγαλωσύνην τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 32:3)
- καὶ ἐκάλεσα ἐκεῖ νηστείαν ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν Ἀουὲ τοῦ ταπεινωθῆναι ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ζητῆσαι παῤ αὐτοῦ ὁδὸν εὐθεῖαν ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖσ τέκνοισ ἡμῶν καὶ πάσῃ τῇ κτίσει ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 8:21)
- καὶ εἶπαν. ἀποδώσομεν, καὶ παρ’ αὐτῶν οὐ ζητήσομεν, οὕτωσ ποιήσομεν καθὼσ σὺ λέγεισ. καὶ ἐκάλεσα τοὺσ ἱερεῖσ καὶ ὥρκισα αὐτοὺσ ποιῆσαι ὡσ τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 5:12)
- θεράποντά μου ἐκάλεσα, καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσε. στόμα δέ μου ἐδέετο. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 19:16)
- ΕΠΙ κοίτην μου ἐν νυξὶν ἐζήτησα ὃν ἠγάπησεν ἡ ψυχή μου. ἐζήτησα αὐτὸν καὶ οὐχ εὗρον αὐτόν. ἐκάλεσα αὐτόν, καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσέ μου. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 3:1)
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)