To call to/summon
προσκαλέωStrong’s G4341proskaleō
Appears in 28 verses of the New Testament
In short
Proskaleō is the Greek word usually translated “having called to”, “having called near” and “having summoned”. It appears in 28 verses of the New Testament.
“And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.”
Meaning
Usually translated “having called to”, “having called near” and “having summoned”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having called to 16
- having called near 3
- having summoned 1
- calls near 1
- he calls near 1
- called 1
- may call to himself 1
- having called in 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 9
- Acts 9
- Matthew 6
- Luke 3
- James 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 15:10And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
- Matthew 15:32Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
- Matthew 18:2And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
- Matthew 18:32Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
- Matthew 20:25But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
- Mark 3:13And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
Greek dictionary
προσκαλέω proskaleō · to call to/summon
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “called” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CALLED, participle passive
Invited; summoned; addressed; named; appointed; invoked; assembled by order; recited.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.