ἐπικαλέω epikaleō

Greek word for “to call (on)/name” · Strong’s G1941 · used 30 times in 30 verses

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Meaning

ἐπι-καλέω, -ῶ; 1. to call, name, surname: with accusative (cl.);

How it is translated

Glosses given for epikaleō in context, with how often each is used:

• called 6
• calling on 5
• having been called 3
• called on 1
• shall call upon 1
• calling out 1
• being called 1
• has been called 1
• appeal! 1
• have appealed 1
• having appealed for 1
• having appealed to 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 25 (4), Acts 10 (3), Romans 10 (3), Acts 9 (2), Acts 12 (2), Matthew 10 (1), Acts 1 (1), Acts 2 (1), Acts 4 (1), Acts 7 (1)

Forms

• ἐπικαλουμένους 3
• ἐπικαλέσηται 2
• ἐπικαλούμενον 2
• ἐπικαλεῖται 2
• ἐπικαλοῦμαι 2
• ἐπικαλεσαμένου 2
• ἐπεκάλεσαν 1
• ἐπεκλήθη 1
• ἐπικληθεὶς 1
• ἐπικαλούμενος 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with epikaleō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Καῖσαρ Kaisar “Caesar” 5
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 8
• Ἰόππη Ioppē “Joppa” 3
• Σίμων Simōn “Simon” 4
• Πέτρος Petros “Peter” 4
• σεβαστός sebastos “Augustan” 2
• Κόρινθος Korinthos “Corinth” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 5
• πέμπω pempō “to send” 3
• μεταπέμπω metapempō “to summon” 2
• Μάρκος Markos “Mark” 2
• ξενίζω xenizō “to host” 2

Key verses

The verses using epikaleō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 10:25 — It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall…
• Acts 4:36 — And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
• Acts 7:59 — And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
• Acts 15:17 — That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
• Acts 22:16 — And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
• Romans 10:12 — For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
• Romans 10:14 — How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without…
• 1 Corinthians 1:2 — Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name…
• 2 Corinthians 1:23 — Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
• 2 Timothy 2:22 — Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Hebrews 11:16 — But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
• 1 Peter 1:17 — And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.