G2564: καλέω (kaléō)

Quick Definition

καλέω v. I call, invite, name

Strong's Definition

akin to the base of 2753; to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)

KJV Usage: bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called))

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

καλέω (G2564)

verb | pf. κέκληκα · aor.pass. ἐκλήθην · fut.pass. κληθήσομαι | ἀνέγκλητος · ἀντικαλέω · ἐγκαλέω · ἔγκλημα · εἰσκαλέομαι · ἐκκλησία · ἐπικαλέω · κλῆσις · κλητός · μετακαλέομαι · παρακαλέω · παράκλησις · παράκλητος · προκαλέομαι · προσκαλέομαι · συγκαλέω · συμπαρακαλέομαι

33.129 · Communication · Name

to call, to name to speak of a person or object by means of a proper name

MAT 1:21 · MAT 1:25 · MAT 2:23 · MAT 27:8 · LUK 1:13 · LUK 1:31 · LUK 1:59 · LUK 1:60 · LUK 1:61 · LUK 1:62 · LUK 2:4 · LUK 2:21 · LUK 2:21 · LUK 7:11 · LUK 8:2 · LUK 9:10 · LUK 10:39 · LUK 19:2 · LUK 22:3 · ACT 1:12 · ACT 1:19 · ACT 1:23 · ACT 3:11 · ACT 7:58 · ACT 9:11 · ACT 10:1 · ACT 13:1 · ACT 14:12 · ACT 15:22 · ACT 15:37 · ACT 27:8 · ACT 27:14 · ACT 27:16 · ACT 28:1 · HEB 11:18 · REV 1:9 · REV 16:16

33.131 · Communication · Name

to call, to name to use an attribution in speaking of a person It is not always possible to determine from the context whether the act involved is an initial naming of a person or simply calling a person by a particular name. Likewise in the case of attributions or titles, it is not always possible to determine whether it is a matter of giving an attribution or title to a person or simply a matter of speaking of or to a person by means of such an attribution or title. In some instances the giving of a title may be made indirect. For example, in MAT 1:23 the statement ‘and they will call his name Emmanuel’ suggests the giving of a title, but the process is stated in terms of how people will speak of this person.

MAT 1:23 · MAT 5:9 · MAT 5:19 · MAT 5:19 · MAT 21:13 · MAT 22:43 · MAT 22:45 · MAT 23:7 · MAT 23:8 · MAT 23:9 · MAT 23:10 · MRK 11:17 · LUK 1:32 · LUK 1:35 · LUK 1:36 · LUK 1:76 · LUK 2:23 · LUK 6:15 · LUK 6:46 · LUK 15:19 · LUK 15:21 · LUK 19:29 · LUK 20:44 · LUK 21:37 · LUK 22:25 · LUK 23:33 · JHN 1:42 · ACT 8:10 · ROM 9:7 · ROM 9:25 · ROM 9:26 · 1CO 15:9 · HEB 2:11 · HEB 3:13 · HEB 11:18 · JAS 2:23 · 1PE 3:6 · 1JN 3:1 · REV 11:8 · REV 12:9 · REV 19:11 · REV 19:13

33.307 · Communication · Call

to call, to summon to communicate directly or indirectly to someone who is presumably at a distance, in order to tell such a person to come

MAT 2:7 · MAT 2:15 · MAT 9:13 · MAT 20:8 · MAT 22:3 · MAT 25:14 · MRK 2:17 · MRK 3:31 · LUK 5:32 · LUK 19:13 · ACT 4:18 · ACT 24:2 · HEB 9:15 · 1PE 2:9 · 1PE 5:10

33.312 · Communication · Call

to call, to call to a task to urgently invite someone to accept responsibilities for a particular task, implying a new relationship to the one who does the calling It is rare that one can translate καλέω[d], κλῆσις[a], and προσκαλέω[b] as simply ‘to call’ in the sense of ‘to speak to someone at a distance and tell them to come.’ For example, in 2TH 2:14 it may be necessary to render the above clause as ‘through the good news we preached, which summoned you to do this.’ Similarly, in ACT 16:10 one may translate ‘because God has urgently invited us to preach the good news to the people there.’

MAT 4:21 · MRK 1:20 · ROM 4:17 · ROM 8:30 · ROM 8:30 · ROM 9:12 · ROM 9:24 · 1CO 1:9 · 1CO 7:15 · 1CO 7:17 · 1CO 7:18 · 1CO 7:18 · 1CO 7:20 · 1CO 7:21 · 1CO 7:22 · 1CO 7:22 · 1CO 7:24 · GAL 1:6 · GAL 1:15 · GAL 5:8 · GAL 5:13 · EPH 4:1 · EPH 4:4 · COL 3:15 · 1TH 2:12 · 1TH 4:7 · 1TH 5:24 · 2TH 2:14 · 1TI 6:12 · 2TI 1:9 · HEB 5:4 · HEB 11:8 · 1PE 1:15 · 1PE 2:21 · 1PE 3:9 · 2PE 1:3

33.315 · Communication · Invite

to invite to ask a person to accept offered hospitality

MAT 22:3 · MAT 22:4 · MAT 22:8 · MAT 22:9 · LUK 7:39 · LUK 14:7 · LUK 14:8 · LUK 14:8 · LUK 14:9 · LUK 14:10 · LUK 14:10 · LUK 14:12 · LUK 14:13 · LUK 14:16 · LUK 14:17 · LUK 14:24 · JHN 2:2 · 1CO 1:9 · 1CO 10:27 · REV 19:9

¹ It is possible that φωνέω[a] differs from καλέω[c] in focusing somewhat more upon the loudness of voice, but this cannot be determined from existing contexts. ² It is possible that προσκαλέομαι[b] differs in meaning from καλέω[d] in emphasizing more specifically either the person who is called or the task to which one is called. ³ It is possible that παρακαλέω[b] differs somewhat in meaning from καλέω[e] and φωνέω[d] in implying some greater degree of urging.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

καλέω, -@; impf. ἐκάλουν; fut. καλέσω (W. § 13, 3c.); 1 aor. ἐκάλεσα; pi. κέκληκα; Pass., pres. καλοῦμαι; pf. 3 pers. sing. κέκληται (1 Co. vii. 18 LT Tr WH; [Rev. xix. 13 L T Tr WH)), ptep. κεκλημένος ; 1 aor. ἐκλήθην ; 1 fut. κληθήσομαι ; [fr. Hom. down]; Hebr. xp; Lat. voco; i. e. 1. to call (Germ. rufen τὰ βοάω, fin.]) ; a. to call aloud, utter in a loud voice: ἄχρις οὗ τὸ σήμερον καλεῖται, as long as the word ‘to-day’ is called out or proclaimed, Heb. iii. 13; τινά, to call one to approach or stand before one, Mt. xx. 8; xxii. 3 (where εἰς τοὺς γάμους seems to belong to τοὺς κεκλημένους) : Mt. xxv. 14; [Mk. iii. 31 LT Tr WH]; Lk. xix. 13; τὰ ἴδια πρόβατα κατ᾽ ὄνομα, his own sheep each by its name, Jn. x. 3 (where LT Tr WH φωνεῖ); used of Christ, calling certain persons to be his disciples and constant companions, Mt. iv. 21 (note what precedes in 19: δεῦτε ὀπίσω pov); Mk. i. 20; to order one to be summoned, Mt. ii. 15 [see just below]; before the judges, Acts iv. 18; xxiv. 2; foll. by ἐκ with gen. of place, i. q. fo call out, call forth from: Mt. ii. 15, ef. Heb. xi. 8. metaph. to cause to pass Jrom one state into another: τινὰ ἐκ σκότους εἰς τὸ φῶς, 1 Pet. 11. 9. b. like the Lat. voco i. q. to invite; α. prop.: eis τοὺς γάμους, Mt. xxii. 3,9; Lk. xiv. 8 sq.; Jn. ii. 2; to a feast, Lk. xiv. 16; 1 Co. x. 27 [cf. W. 593 (552)]; Rev. xix. 9; ὁ καλέσας. Lk. vii. 39; xiv. 9; ὁ κεκληκώς τινα. ibid 10,12; of κεκλημένοι, Mt. xxii. 8; Lk. xiv. 7,17, 24; (2 Sam. xiii. 23; Esth. v.12; and often so in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. Od. 4,532; 11,187down). 8. metaph.: to invite one, eis τι, to something i. 6. to participate in it, enjoy it; used thus in the Epp. of Paul and Peter of God as inviting men by the preaching of the gospel (διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, 2 Th. ii. 14) to the plessings of the heavenly kingdom: εἰς τὴν "ασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, 1 Th. ii. 12; εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, 1 Tim. vi. 12; εἰς δόξαν αἰώνιον; 1 Pet. v.10; εἰς τὴν κοινωνίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ. 1 Co. 1. 9; so καλεῖν τινα used alone: Ro. viii. 30; ix. 24 sq.; 1 Co. vii. 17 sq. 20-22, 24; τινὰ καλεῖν κλήσει, 2 Tim. i. 9; ἐν & ἐκλήθημεν, in whom lies the reason why we were called, who is the ground of our having been invited, Eph. i. 11 Lehm.; ἄξιος τῆς κλήσεως, ἧς (by attraction for ἧ [or perh. ἥν; cf. W. § 24,1; B. 287 (247); Ellicott in loc.]) ἐκλήθητε, Eph. iv. 1; God is styled ὁ καλῶν τινα (he that calleth one, the caller, ef. W. § 45, 7), Gal. y.8; 1 Th. v. 24; and 6 καλέσας twa, Gal.i.6, Col. i. 12 Lchm.; 1 Pet. i.15; 2 Pet.i.3. οἱ κεκλημένοι, Heb. ix. 15; καλεῖν and καλεῖσθαι are used with a specification of the mediate end (for the highest or final end of the calling is eternal salvation): ἐπ᾿ ἐλευθερίᾳ, Gal. ν. 133 οὐκ ἐπ᾿ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἁγιασμῷ, 1 Th. iv. 7; ἐν εἰρήνῃ, 1 Co. vii. 15; ἐν ἑνὶ ἐλπίδι, that ye might come into one hope, Eph. iv. 4 (see ἐν, I. 7 [yet οἵ. W. 417 (389); B. 329 (283); esp. Ellicott in loc.], and ἐπί, B. 2 ἃ. ¢.); εἰς εἰρήνην τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι, that ye may be in one body i. e. be members of one and the same body, Col. iii. 15; εἰς τοῦτο (which refers to what precedes) foll. by ἵνα, 1 Pet. ii. 21; iii. 9; (but everywhere in the N. T. Epp. only those are spoken of as called by God who have listened to his voice addressed to them in the gospel, hence those who have enlisted in the service of Christ — see Ro. viii. 30 and Riickert’s Com. in loc. p. 464. cf. 1 Co. i. 24; those who have slighted the invitation are not reckoned among the called); Christ also is said καλεῖν τινα, sc. to embrace the offer of salvation by the Messiah, in Mt. ix.13 and Mk. ii. 17 (in both which pass. Ree. adds εἰς μετάνοιαν). God is said to call those who are not yet born, viz. by promises of salvation which have respect to them, so that καλεῖν is for substance equiv. to to appoint one to salvation, Ro. ix. 12 (11); καλοῦντος τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὡς ὄντα, Ro. iv. 17, where ef. Fritzsche, [al. al., cf. Meyer (esp. ed. Weiss) ad loe.}. to call (1. q. to select) to assume some office, τινά, of God appointing or committing an office to one, (Germ. berufen): Gal.i.15; Heb. y. 4, (Is. xlii. 6; xlix.1; 11. 2). to invite i. q. to rouse, summon: to do something, εἰς μετάνοιαν, Lk. v. 32, added in Ree. also in Mt. ix. 13 and Mk. ii. 17. 2. to call i. e. to name, call by name; a. to give a name to; with two acc., one of the object the other of the name as a predicate [to call one (by) a name: Mt. x. 25 Rec. ; cf. W. § 32, 4b.; B. 151 (132) note]; pass. w. the nom. of the name, to receive the name of, receive as a name: Mt. ii. 23; xxvii. 8; Lk. i. 32, 60, 62; ii. 4, ete.; καλούμενος. called, whose name or surname is, Lk. vii. 11; ἸσΣ- ἘΠ. Se 89: Acts vii. 58; xxvii. 8,16; 6 καλούμενος [on its position cf. B. § 144, 19]: Lk. vi. 15; viii. 2; [xxii 3 T Tr WH); xxiii. 33; Actsi. 23; x. 1; xiii. 1; [xv. 22 LT Tr WH); xxvii. 14; Rev. xii. 9; xvi. 16; with ὀνόματι added, Lk. xix. 2; καλεῖσθαι ὀνόματί τινι, to be called by a name, Lk. i. 61; καλεῖν τινα ἐπὶ TO ὀνόματί τινος. Lk. i. 59 (see ἐπί, B. 2 ἃ. n. p. 233”); after the Hebr. δ Ρ ἡ τ Γι, καλεῖν τὸ ὄνομά τινος, with the name in the ace., to give some name to one, call his name: Mt. i. 21, 23, 25; Lk. i. 13, 31; pass., Lk. ii. 21; Rev. xix. 13; Gen. xvii. 19; 1S. i. 20, ete. (similarly sometimes in Grk. writ., ef. Fritzsche on Mt. p. 45 [B. 151 (132)]). b. Pass. καλοῦμαι with predicate nom. to be called i. 6. to bear a name or title (among men) [ef. W. § 65, 8]: Lk. 1. 35; xxii. 25; Acts viii. 10 [Rec. om. Kad.]; 1 Co. xv. 9; to be said to be (i. q. to be acknowledged, pass as, the nominative expressing the judgment passed on one): Mt. v. 9, 951k. 1. 32,85, 76; 11. 29; xv. 19; Ro.ix. 26; Jas. i. 23; opp. to εἶναι, 1 Jn. iii. 1 LT Tr WH; Hebraistically (Gen. xxi. 12) ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθήσεταί σοι σπέρμα, through [better in, cf. ἐν, I. 6 c. and Meyer (ed. Weiss) ad Ro. 1. c.] Isaac shall a seed be called for thee, i. 6. Isaac (not Ishmael) is the one whose posterity shall obtain the name and honor of thy descendants, Ro. ix. 7 and Heb. xi. 18. ο. καλῶ τινα, with an ace. of the predicate or a title of honor, to salute one by a name: Mt. xxiii. 9; Pass., ib. 7 sq. 10; Rev. xix. 11 [but Tr mrg. WH br. x. ]; to give a name to one and mention him at the same time, Mt. xxii. 43, 45; Lk. xx. 44. [Comp.: ἀντι-, év, εἰσ(μαι), émt-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, Tpo-, προσ-, συγ-καλέω.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

καλέω kaleō 148x

to call, call to, Jn. 10:3; to call into one’s presence, send for a person, Mt. 2:7; to summon, Mt. 2:15; 25:14; to invite, Mt. 22:9; to call to the performance of a certain thing, Mt. 9:13; Heb. 11:8; to call to a participation in the privileges of the Gospel, Rom. 8:30; 9:24; 1 Cor. 1:9; 7:18; to call to an office or dignity, Heb. 5:4; to name, style, Mt. 1:21; pass. to be styled, regarded, Mt. 5:9, 19

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

καλέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX chiefly for קרא;]

to call, summon: c. acc. pers., Mt 20:8 25:14, Mk 3:31, Lk 19:13, Ac 4:18; seq. ἐκ, Mt 2:15(LXX); metaph., I Pe 2:9.

to call to one's house, invite: Lk 14:16, I Co 10:27, Re 19:9; εἰς τ. γάμους, Mt 22:3, 9, Lk 14:8, 9, Jo 2:2; ὁ καλέσας, Lk 7:39; οἱ κεκλημένοι, Mt 22:8; metaph., of inviting to partake of the blessings of the kingdom of God (Dalman, Words, 118 f.): Ro 8:30 9:24, 25, I Co 7:17, 18; seq. εἰς, I Co 1:9, I Th 2:12, I Ti 6:12; ὁ καλῶν (καλέσας), of God, Ga 1:6 5:8, I Th 5:24, I Pe 1:15, II Pe 1:3; οἱ κεκλκλημένοι, He 9:15; seq. ἐν (ἐπί), I Co 7:15, Ga 5:13, Eph 4:4, I Th 4:7; κλήσει, Eph 4:1, II Ti 1:9.

to call, name, call by name: pass., Mt 2:23, Lk 1:32, al.; καλούμενος, Lk 7:11, Ac 7:58, al.; ὁ κ. (Deiss., BS, 210), Lk 6:15 22:3 23:33, Ac 10:1, Re 12:9, al.; c. pred. nom., Mt 5:9, Lk 1:35, Ro 9:26, Ja 2:23, I Jo 3:1. (Cf. ἀντι-, ἐν-, εἰσ- (-μαι), ἐπι-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, προ-, προσ-, συν-καλέω.)

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

καλέω. For this verb = ‘‘summon,” “invite,” as in Mt 22° a/., see P Oxy XII. 1487" (iv/A.D.) καλῖ σε Θέων vids ᾿Ωριγένους εἰς τοὺς γάμους THs ἀδελφῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἐν τῇ αὔριον, and similarly 26. 14861 (iv/A.p.). In both instances it is noticeable that καλῖ takes the place of the earlier ἐρωτᾷ, cf. 73. 1484, 1485. See also P Hamb I. 295 (A.D. 89) κληθέντων τινῶν . καὶ μὴ ὑπακουσάντων. The participle is common = “‘called,’’ ‘‘named,”’ as in Lk 7 a/., e.g. P Petr 11. 4531 20 (B.C. 246) els φρούριον τὸ καλούμενον [ΠΠἸοσιδέον, Osty , καλος 1210 (Roman) Πασήμιο(ς) ΠΠκῶτο(ς) καλ(ούμενος), BGU I. 3497 (A.D. 313) ἐν κλήρῳ καλουμένου (1. — évw) ᾿Αφρικιανός and P Oxy X. 12737 (A.D. 260) περιτραχήλιον μανιάκην,. καλούμενον, ‘a necklace of the kind called maniaces’’ (Edd.). With the usage in Gal 115 we may compare CP Herm I. 251-7’ Αντωνῖνος κληθήσεται and 24. 261: εἰ δοκεῖ σίοι] κληθῆναι... αὐτούς, where the reference is to summoning or calling as a witness: cf. BGU IV. 1138! (8.6. 19). In P Leid W:*-*6 (ii/iii A.D.) the worshipper is exhorted to invoke the gods of hours and days—ei μὴ yap αὐτοὺς καλέσῃς, . . οὐκ ἐπακούουσι: cf. also Kazbel 4812! τὴν σὴν εὔνοιαν Kal πίστιν, Φαῖδρε, καλοῦντες ( ἐν βιοτῆς μέτροις οὔποτε παυσόμεθα, where the verb is practically = κλείω. See also P Fay 135? (iv/A.D.) cited s.v, καιρός. MGr καλνῶ, Kado.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

καλέω (kaleō) — to call: call. κᾰλέω, Aeolic dialect κάλημι (which see), Epic dialect infinitive καλήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect imperfect καλέεσκον [Refs]; 3rd.pers. singular κάλεσκε [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future, Ionic dialect καλέω [Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect καλῶ [LXX+5th c.BC+]aorist 1 subjunctive): aorist 1 ἐκάλεσα, Epic dialect ἐκάλεσσα, κάλεσσα, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (late Epic dialect ἔκλησα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: perfect κέκληκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, Attic dialect future καλοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later καλέσομαι (ἐκ-, ἐπι-) uncertain reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐκαλεσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect καλεσσάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, future κεκλήσομαι [LXX+8th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκλήθην [Refs 7th c.BC+]perfect κέκλημαι, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural κεκλήαται [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Ionic dialect κεκλέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect κεκλήατο [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect κεκάλεσμαι Suid. see at {κλητή}.

I. call, summon, εἰς ἀγορὴν καλέσαντα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγορήνδε, θάλαμόνδε, θάνατόνδε, [Refs 8th c.BC+] they had been summoned to the council, [Refs]infinitive, αὐτοὶ γὰρ κάλεον συμμητιάασθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τινὰ εἰς ἕ, ἐπὶ οἷ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; demand, require, ἡ ἡμέρα 'κείνη εὔνουν καὶ πλούσιον ἄνδρα ἐκάλει [Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist middle, καλέσασθαί τινα call to oneself, frequently in Epic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; call a witness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. call to one's house or to a repast, invite (not in [NT+8th c.BC+]; later usually with a word added, κ. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κληθέντες πρός τινα invited to his house, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ κεκλημένος the guest, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

I.3. invoke, Δία [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, τοὺς θεοὺς καλούμεθα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but ἀράς, ἅς σοι καλοῦμαι which I call down on thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, of the god, to be invoked, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

I.4. as law-term, summon, of the judge, καλεῖν τινας εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον cite or summon before the court, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; simply καλεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὁ ἄρχων τὴν δίκην καλεῖ calls on the case, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἡ πατροκτόνος δίκη κεκλῇτ᾽ ἂν αὐτῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν τὴν ἐμὴν [δίκην] καλεῖσθαι before it is called on, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but,

I.4. b of the plaintiff in middle, καλεῖσθαί τινα to sue at law, bring before the court, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ καλεσάμενος the plaintiff, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

I.5. with an abstract subject, demand, require, καλεῖ ἡ τάξις with infinitive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

I.6. metaphorically in passive, καλουμένης τῆς δυνάμεως πρὸς τὴν συναναληψίαν called forth, summoned, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. call by name, name, ὃν Βριάρεων καλέουσι θεοί [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄνομα καλεῖν τινα call him by a name, εἴπ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ὅττι σε κεῖθι κάλεον [Refs 8th c.BC+] (in passive, οὔνομα καλέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] shall be given to thy tomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ὄνομα ἐπί τινι give a name to something, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but call (a man) a name because of some function, [NT+2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be named or called, Μυρμιδόνες δὲ καλεῦντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ καλούμενος the socalled, ἐν τῇ Θεράπνῃ καλεομένῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τῶν ὁμοτίμων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κεκλημένος τινός called from or after him, [LXX+5th c.BC+]

II.2. passive, to be called, almost ={εἰμί}, especially with words expressing kinship or status, ἐμὸς γαμβρὸς καλέεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially in perfect passive κέκλημαι, οὕνεκα σὴ παράκοιτις κέκλημαι because I am thy wife, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.3. special constructions, a. Ἀλησίου ἔνθα κολώνη κέκληται where is the hill called the hill of Alesios, [Refs 8th c.BC+]active, ἔνθα Ῥέας πόρον ἄνθρωποι καλέοισιν where is the ford men call the ford of Rhea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. b folld by a dependent clause, ἐκάλεσσέ νιν ἰσώνυμον ἔμμεν said that his name should be the same, [Refs]; καλεῖ με πλαστὸς ὡς εἴην πατρί, i.e. καλεῖ με πλαστόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καλοῦμέν γε παραδιδόντα μὲν διδάσκειν we say that one who delivers teaches, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

καλέω (kaleō) — to call: name. κᾰλέω, Aeolic dialect κάλημι (which see), Epic dialect infinitive καλήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect imperfect καλέεσκον [Refs]; 3rd.pers. singular κάλεσκε [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future, Ionic dialect καλέω [Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect καλῶ [LXX+5th c.BC+]aorist 1 subjunctive): aorist 1 ἐκάλεσα, Epic dialect ἐκάλεσσα, κάλεσσα, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (late Epic dialect ἔκλησα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: perfect κέκληκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, Attic dialect future καλοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later καλέσομαι (ἐκ-, ἐπι-) uncertain reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐκαλεσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect καλεσσάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, future κεκλήσομαι [LXX+8th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκλήθην [Refs 7th c.BC+]perfect κέκλημαι, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural κεκλήαται [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Ionic dialect κεκλέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect κεκλήατο [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect κεκάλεσμαι Suid. see at {κλητή}.