G2564
καλέω
kaléō
to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
Lexicon
Derivation: akin to the base of G2753 (κελεύω);
to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called))
Usage
148 occurrences · 0 OT · 148 NT · 73 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- called23 · 22%
- shall be called7 · 7%
- is called7 · 7%
- was called6 · 6%
- he called6 · 6%
- to call5 · 5%
- call5 · 5%
- to be called4 · 4%
- hath called3 · 3%
- he shall be called3 · 3%
- that is called3 · 3%
- he that is called3 · 3%
- they called3 · 3%
- ye are called3 · 3%
- is2 · 2%
- him that calleth2 · 2%
- shall2 · 2%
- which is called2 · 2%
- calleth2 · 2%
- he that bade2 · 2%
- thou art bidden2 · 2%
- be called2 · 2%
- shalt be called2 · 2%
- bid2 · 2%
- thou shalt call2 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
καλούμενον11ἐκάλεσεν8καλούμενος7καλέσας6κληθήσεται5καλεῖται4καλέσαντος4καλέσαι4ἐκλήθητε4καλουμένῃ3καλουμένη3καλεῖσθαι3
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.