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καλέω

Lemmaκαλέω
Citation formκαλέω
Part of speechverb
GlossI call, invite, name
Strong’sG2564
Transliterationkaléō
Definitionto "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
KJV glosses:--bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)).
Derivationakin to the base of
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