Words the Bible translates as call
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 13 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- qaraקָרָאto raise the voice toward someone: to call, summon, invoke, name, proclaim, or read aloud
- kaleōκαλέωGod's call: the act by which God summons a person into salvation, into belonging to him, and into a way of life
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- to give someone or something a name, or to address them by a name or title
- to summon someone to come, or to invite them as a guest
- erōἐρῶto say or speak: to put something into words, whether words still to come or words already spoken and standing on record
- epikaleōἐπικαλέωto call upon: to address someone directly, above all to invoke God or the Lord by name in prayer and worship
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- to name or nickname: to give someone an added name, or (in the passive) to be known by that name
- to appeal: to formally invoke the judgment of a higher authority, above all a Roman citizen's appeal to Caesar
- krazōκράζωto cry out: to raise a loud, urgent voice that forces itself on those who hear it.
- phōneōφωνέωto call someone to come: to summon, send for, or invite
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- to make a loud sound with the voice: to cry out, or (of a rooster) to crow
- to call someone by a name or title: to address as
- proskaleōπροσκαλέωto call someone to yourself: to summon a person to come into your presence
- onomazōὀνομάζωto put a name on someone or something, or to say that name out loud
- epilegōἐπιλέγωto call/choosenot studied yet
- shavaשָׁוַעto cry out for help: to call aloud and urgently to be rescued from trouble
- klēsisκλῆσιςGod's call: the summons by which he draws people into salvation and into his own people, and sets them toward their final glory
- prosphōneōπροσφωνέωto lift your voice toward someone: to call out to a person or a crowd, or to call someone over
- qeraקְרָאto put words into the air for others to hear: to shout something out, to call for someone, or to read a document aloud.
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