προσκαλέω, προσκάλω: middle, present προσκαλοῦμαι; 1 aorist προσεκαλεσαμην; perfect προσκέκλημαι; from (Antiphon, Aristophanes, Thucydides), Xenophon, Plato down; to call to; in the N. T. found only in the middle (cf. Buttmann, § 135, 4), to call to oneself; to bid to come to oneself: τινα, a. properly: Mat_10:1; Mat_15:10; Mat_15:32; Mat_18:2; Mat_18:32; Mat_20:25; Mar_3:13; Mar_3:23; Mar_6:7; Mar_7:14; Mar_8:1; Mar_8:34; Mar_10:42; Mar_12:43; Mar_15:44; Luk_7:18(19); ; Act_5:40; Act_6:2; Act_13:7; Act_20:1 (R G L); ; Jas_5:14. b. metaphorically, God is said προσκαλεῖσθαι the Gentiles, aliens as they are from him, by inviting and drawing them, through the preaching of the gospel, unto fellowship with himself in the Messiah's kingdom, Act_2:39; the Holy Spirit and Christ are said to call unto themselves (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 39, 3) those preachers of the gospel to whom they have decided to intrust a service having reference to the extension of the gospel: followed by an infinitive indicating the purpose, Act_16:10; followed by εἰς τί, Act_13:2 (where ὁ is for εἰς ὁ, according to that familiar Greek usage by which a preposition prefixed to the antecedent is not repeated before the relative; cf. Winers Grammar, 421f (393); (Buttmann, 342 (294))).

προσκαλέω proskaleō 29x to call to one s self, summon, Mat_10:1 ; Mat_15:10 ; Mat_15:32 ; Mat_18:2 ; to invite, Act_2:39 ; to call to the performance of a thing, appoint, Act_13:2 ; Act_16:10 summon.

προσ -καλέω , -ῶ , [in LXX chiefly for H7121 ;] to call to. Mid ., to call to oneself ( v. M , Pr., 157): c . acc pers ., Mat_10:1 , Mar_3:13 ; Mar_6:7 , Luk_7:19 , Act_5:40 , Jas_5:14 , al. Metaph ., of the Divine call: Act_2:39 ; c . inf ., Act_16:10 ( v. Bl., § 69, 4); seq . εἰς , Act_13:2 .†

προσκαλέω (~ προσκαλέομαι ) [page 548] For the mid. call (someone) to myself, which alone is found in the NT ( Mat_10:1 al. ), cf. P Amh II. 35 .22 (B.C. 132) προσκαλεσάμενος τὸν Πααλᾶσιν , P Fay 12 .29 ( c. B.C. 103) προσκαλεσάμενοι τόν τε Διοκλῆν καὶ Ἀμμώνι [ο ]ν , Syll 177 (= .3 344) .42 ( c. B.C. 303) ἐξ [έστω τὸν ἀποδημοῦντα πρ ]οσκαλέσασθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀρχείου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας , and see Proleg. p. 157. The pass. occurs in P Tebt I. 58 .5 (B.C. 111) οὐδαμῶς προσκεκλήμεθα , we have not yet been summoned.

προσ-καλέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for קָרָא ;] to call to. Mid., to call to oneself (see M, Pr., 157): with accusative of person(s), Mat.10:1, Mrk.3:13 6:7, Luk.7:19, Act.5:40, Jas.5:14, al. Metaphorical, of the Divine call: Act.2:39; with inf., Act.16:10 (see Bl., § 69, 4); before εἰς, Act.13:2.† (AS)