Greek word

kaléō

καλέω

What it means

to call

to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)

Where it comes from

akin to the base of keleúō (κελεύω)

How the King James translates it

called98
call16
bidden10
calleth5
bade4
bid2
shall2
is2

Every place it appears 149

Matthew1:21 1:23 1:25 2:7 2:15 2:23 4:21 5:9 5:19 9:13 10:25 20:8 21:13 22:3 22:4 22:8 22:9 22:43 22:45 23:7 23:8 23:9 23:10 25:14 27:8

Mark1:20 2:17 11:17

Luke1:13 1:31 1:32 1:35 1:36 1:59 1:60 1:61 1:76 2:4 2:21 2:23 5:32 6:15 6:46 7:11 7:39 8:2 9:10 10:39 14:7 14:8 14:9 14:10 14:12 14:13 14:16 14:17 14:24 15:19 15:21 19:13 19:29 20:44 21:37 22:25 23:33

John1:42 2:2 10:3

Acts1:12 1:19 1:23 3:11 4:18 7:58 9:11 10:1 13:1 14:12 15:37 24:2 27:8 27:14 27:16 28:1

Romans4:17 8:30 9:7 9:24 9:25 9:26

1 Corinthians1:9 7:15 7:17 7:18 7:20 7:21 7:22 7:24 10:27 15:9

Galatians1:6 1:15 5:8 5:13

Ephesians4:4

Colossians3:15

1 Thessalonians2:12 4:7 5:24

2 Thessalonians2:14

1 Timothy6:12

2 Timothy1:9

Hebrews2:11 3:13 5:4 9:15 11:8 11:18

James2:23

1 Peter1:15 2:9 2:21 3:6 3:9 5:10

2 Peter1:3

1 John3:1

Revelation1:9 11:8 12:9 16:16 19:9 19:11 19:13