Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord.

The angel of the Lord said to her further,
“Behold, you are with child,
And you will bear a son;
And you shall call his name Ishmael,
Because the Lord has given heed to your affliction.

Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

But God said, “No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Abraham also ran to the herd, and took a tender and choice calf and gave it to the servant, and he hurried to prepare it.

He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and placed it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree as they ate.

And they said, “We will call the girl and consult her wishes.”

Then Leah said, “Happy am I! For women will call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?”

He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, “This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”

It came about, as soon as Moses came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain.

He took the calf which they had made and burned it with fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it over the surface of the water and made the sons of Israel drink it.

I said to them, ‘Whoever has any gold, let them tear it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”

Then the Lord smote the people, because of what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.

and he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a calf, a bull, for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without defect, and offer them before the Lord.

Then to the sons of Israel you shall speak, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both one year old, without defect, for a burnt offering,

So Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering which was for himself.

So he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, at Pethor, which is near the River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me.

God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise up and go with them; but only the word which I speak to you shall you do.”

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not urgently send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I really unable to honor you?”

Like the Anakim, they are also regarded as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.

(It is also regarded as the land of the Rephaim, for Rephaim formerly lived in it, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummin,

(Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir):

For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as is the Lord our God whenever we call on Him?

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will surely perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to possess it. You shall not live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed.

And I saw that you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God. You had made for yourselves a molten calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way which the Lord had commanded you.

I took your sinful thing, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.

“So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind in all nations where the Lord your God has banished you,

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, the time for you to die is near; call Joshua, and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.

Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

“They will call peoples to the mountain;
There they will offer righteous sacrifices;
For they will draw out the abundance of the seas,
And the hidden treasures of the sand.”

It so happened when they were in high spirits, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may amuse us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he entertained them. And they made him stand between the pillars.

She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

I went out full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has witnessed against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, lie down again.” So he went and lay down.

The Lord called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he answered, “I did not call, my son, lie down again.”

Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to the Lord, that He may send thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the Lord by asking for yourselves a king.”

The woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly slaughtered it; and she took flour, kneaded it and baked unleavened bread from it.

Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way to the gate; and when any man had a suit to come to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”

Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say.”

Then the king said to Amasa, “Call out the men of Judah for me within three days, and be present here yourself.”

So Amasa went to call out the men of Judah, but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

“I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.

Then King David said, “Call Bathsheba to me.” And she came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.

Then King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” And they came into the king’s presence.

that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You.

Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord, and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people said, “That is a good idea.”

So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one ox for yourselves and prepare it first for you are many, and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”

It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.”

Then he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” And when he had called her, she stood before him.

He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the doorway.

He called Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”

But Naaman was furious and went away and said, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.’

Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples.

“Even when they made for themselves
A calf of molten metal
And said, ‘This is your God
Who brought you up from Egypt,’
And committed great blasphemies,

“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

“Then call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, then reply to me.

“You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for the work of Your hands.

If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’;
To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;

“I call to my servant, but he does not answer;
I have to implore him with my mouth.

“Will he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in my distress;
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself;
The Lord hears when I call to Him.

Do all the workers of wickedness not know,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.

Save, O Lord;
May the King answer us in the day we call.

A Psalm of David.
To You, O Lord, I call;
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit.

He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
And Sirion like a young wild ox.

Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon You;
Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”

As for me, I shall call upon God,
And the Lord will save me.

Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;
This I know, that God is for me.

From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

May his name endure forever;
May his name increase as long as the sun shines;
And let men bless themselves by him;
Let all nations call him blessed.

Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You,
And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.

Then we shall not turn back from You;
Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You,
For You will answer me.

“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.

Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress;
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day when I call answer me quickly.

Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples.

They made a calf in Horeb
And worshiped a molten image.

Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live.

I shall lift up the cup of salvation
And call upon the name of the Lord.

To You I shall offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And call upon the name of the Lord.

A Psalm of David.
O Lord, I call upon You; hasten to me!
Give ear to my voice when I call to You!

The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.

“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;

Does not wisdom call,
And understanding lift up her voice?

“To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men.

One who plans to do evil,
Men will call a schemer.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

and say to him, ‘Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering firebrands, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.

“You are not to say, ‘It is a conspiracy!’
In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy,
And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it.

And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little boy will lead them.