Quick Definition
I send for
Strong's Definition
to call elsewhere, i.e. summon
Derivation: from G3326 (μετά) and G2564 (καλέω);
KJV Usage: call (for, hither)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μετακαλέω, μετακάλω: middle, 1 aorist μετεκαλεσαμην; 1 future μετακαλέσομαί; to call from one place to another, to summon (Hos_11:1 f; Plato, Ax. at the end); middle to call to oneself, to send for: τινα, Act_7:14; Act_10:32; Act_20:17; Act_24:25.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μετακαλέω metakaleō 4x
to call from one place into another; mid. to call or send for, invite to come to oneself, Act_7:14 ; Act_10:32 ; Act_20:17 ; Act_24:25
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μετα -καλέω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX : Hos_11:1-2 ( H7121 ), 1Es_1:50 * ;]
to call from one place to another . Mid ., to send for: c . acc , Act_7:14 ; Act_10:32 ; Act_20:17 ; Act_24:25 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μετακαλέω [page 402]
The mid. of this verb, which is found quater in Acts in the sense summon to myself, send for (cf. Hobart, p. 219 f.), may be illustrated from the curious interview with an Emperor (Marcus Aurelius or Commodus) P Oxy I. 33 verso ii. 2 (late ii/A.D.) Αὐτοκράτωρ μετεκ [α ]λέσατο αὐτόν , ib. iv. 7 τίς ἤδη τὸν δεύτερόν μου ᾅδην προσκυνοῦντα . . . μετεκαλέσατο ; where the meaning apparently is, who now has sent for me, who am facing death for the second time? , and ib. X. 1252 recto .26 (A.D. 288 95) ἐπὶ σήμερον ἥτις ἐστὶν ιη̄ μετεκαλέσω ἡμᾶς , whereas to-day, the 18th, you summoned us (Edd.). For the act. cf. P Tebt I. 23 .12 (B.C. 119 or 114) διὸ καὶ ἔτι νῦν καλῶς ποιήσεις φιλοτιμότερον προθυμηθεὶς ἵνα τὰ πρὸς αὐτὸν [. . . . .] διορθώσηι μετακαλέσας ἐκ τῶν προηγνοημένων , where the editors render, I shall therefore be glad if you will even now endeavour more earnestly to correct your behaviour towards him, abandoning your previous state of ignorance ; and for the pass. cf. P Par 63 viii. 9 (B.C. 165) ἵνα μετακληθῇς ἔτι πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν αἵρεσιν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
μετακαλέω fut. έσω "to call away to another place", Aeschin. : "to call back, recall", Thuc. in Mid. "to call in" a physician, Luc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
μετα-καλέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Hos.11:1-2 (קָרָא), I Est.1:50 * ;]
to call from one place to another. Mid., to send for: with accusative, Act.7:14 10:32 20:17 24:25.†
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