Words the Bible translates as invite
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 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
- kaleōκαλέωto summon someone to come, or to invite them as a guest
+2 more meanings
- to give someone or something a name, or to address them by a name or title
- God's call: the act by which God summons a person into salvation, into belonging to him, and into a way of life
- parakaleōπαρακαλέωto call someone to one's side: to appeal to, urge, comfort, or invite a person, depending on why they are called near
- eiskaleōεἰσκαλέωto invitenot studied yet
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