499 occurrences

'Called' in the Bible

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.

Adam, Creation OfAirAnimal LifeBirds, Features OfStars Created By God

Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son.

Build, LiterallyCityBuildingPregnancyCitiesCivilizationBuildersMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenPeople Naming ThingsSame Sex MarriageBuilding Relationships

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.

Abel and CainCalling upon GodGod, The LordGod, Titles And Names OfActivity Begun

Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the Lord has cursed.”

Curses, DivineAgriculture, Effects Of FallImperfection, Influence OfPunishment, Nature OfWork, And The FallTypes Of ChristComfort, Of FriendsGod CursingThe Fact Of ToilPeople With Apt NamesAgriculture

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.

Confusion, Examples OfScattering The PeoplesLanguages SeparatedLanguage

Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.

Ai, The CityCalling upon GodNomadsShrinesTentsAbraham, The Friend Of GodAbraham, Calling And LifePrayer, Described AsAltars To The LordBuilding AltarsEast And West

Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

What Do You Do?Kings SummoningThose Who Did Not Tell

to the place of the altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

Calling upon GodAbraham, The Friend Of GodBuilding Altars

Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees”; for she said, “Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?”

VeilsNames Of GodGod, All knowingGod Seeing All The EarthThose Who Saw GodVisibilityOther References To God's Name

Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

WellsGod Seeing All Peoplebeer

So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

God Pays AttentionPeople With Apt Names

“No longer shall your name be called Abram,But your name shall be Abraham;For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

Abraham, Calling And LifeTypes Of ChristChanged NamesGod Renaming People

and they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them.”

Self IndulgenceVulgarityHomosexualitySexual Union IntendedWhere Are People?sex

Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.

HasteImpotence Of GodSmall ThingsHurrying Others On

The firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

Firstborn DaughtersRelationships To This DayFathers And Daughters

As for the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.

Relationships To This DayFathers And Daughters

So Abimelech arose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly frightened.

MorningSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfGiving InformationThose Who Rose EarlyFearing Other People

Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.”

What Do You Do?Kings SummoningWe Have SinnedWhat Sin?

Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

People Naming Peoplesarah

God heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

AbrahamAngel of the LordHeaven And AngelsAngstGod HearingWhat Is The Matter?God Speaks From HeavenDo Not Fear For God Will Help

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.

Sealing A CovenantWellsPeople Naming Things

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.

eternity, nature ofGod, The LordGod, Titles And Names OfGod Is Self ExistentAbraham, The Friend Of GodTamariskLiteral Planting

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

AbrahamDuplicating WordsBehold Me!God Speaks From HeavenJesus Role In Salvation

Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “In the mount of the Lord it will be provided.”

God, Activity OfAbrahamGod, Titles And Names OfGod's ProvisionGod ProvidingNames Involving GodLooking At God's WorksPlaces To This Dayproviding

Then the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

AbrahamSpeaking AgainGod Speaks From HeavenUnconditional Love

Then they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.”

People Willing

Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

HeelsGraspingPeople With Apt NamesTwin Brothers

and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a swallow of that red stuff there, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

Yielding To TemptationRequesting FoodRed BodiesPeople With Apt Names

Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, certainly she is your wife! How then did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” And Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘I might die on account of her.’”

Possibility Of DeathWhy Do You Do This?Transferring Wives

So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

AltarsCalling upon GodNomadsTentsAltars, Built ByBuilding AltarsExcavation

So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

Swearing OathsGiven Names To This DayPeople Naming Things

Now it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”

Blindness, Causes OfOld Age, DisabilitiesEyes, Affected BydisabilitiesOld Age, Attainment OfVisionWeakness, PhysicalDimness Of VisionBehold Me!Others Summoning

Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, “Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

Attempting To Kill Specific PeopleTelling What People Said

So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

Racial PrejudiceWives, Duties OfIntermarriageOthers SummoningMen's OrdersPeople Who Blessed OthersInterracial Marriage

He called the name of that place Bethel; however, previously the name of the city had been Luz.

House Of GodPeople Naming Things

So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to his flock in the field,

Others Summoning

Now Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his kinsmen to the meal; and they ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

Feasting On Special OccasionsFeastingInvitationsEating Before GodStaying Temporarily

Then he erected there an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

AltarsBuilding AltarsPeople Naming Things

He built an altar there, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his brother.

FugitivesBuilding AltarsGod AppearingAltars

God said to him,“Your name is Jacob;You shall no longer be called Jacob,But Israel shall be your name.”Thus He called him Israel.

God Renaming People

she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to make sport of us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I screamed.

Sexual Union IntendedMisleading Children

Now in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

Divination, Practiced ByMorningRestlessnessWisdom, Human NatureMagiciansWise MenKings SummoningNo One AvailableTelling Dreams

Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh.

DungeonsPrisonersShavingPrisonsAccommodationsChanging ClothesIndividuals RunningClean ClothesKings SummoningPeople Set Free By PeopleEtiquette

When the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your sight, place now your hand under my thigh and deal with me in kindness and faithfulness. Please do not bury me in Egypt,

KindnessLoyaltyA Time To DieThighsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenImmigrants

But your offspring that have been born after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the names of their brothers in their inheritance.

So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?”

Kept Alive By MenKings SummoningWhy Do You Do This?

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother.

Others Summoning

When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Calling, Of IndividualsDuplicating WordsThis Is Me

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Entreat the Lord that He remove the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the Lord.”

Kings SummoningPray For UsPraying For SinnersTaking Animals

Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.”

Kings Summoning

Then Pharaoh hurriedly called for Moses and Aaron, and he said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.

Sin, Nature OfHasty ActionKings SummoningWe Have Sinned

Then Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be detained. Even your little ones may go with you.”

Kings SummoningWorship God!

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb.

Passover lambLambsMoses, Significance OfKilling SacrificesOthers SummoningSheep And GoatsThe Elders Gathered

Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, “Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, worship the Lord, as you have said.

During One NightKings SummoningWorship God!

Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the sons of Israel:

Jacob, The PatriarchGoing Up Mountains

So Moses came and called the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the Lord had commanded him.

elders, as community leadersLeaders, PoliticalOld Age, Attitudes ToOthers SummoningThe Elders Gathered

The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

Going Up MountainsGod Going Down

The glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.

TheophanyThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSix DaysGod's VoiceDay 7Cloud of glory

“See, I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

God Appointing OthersPeople Of JudahIdentitygrandfatherscraftsmanship

Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp.

enquiring of GodAskingTent Of MeetingTentsWeights And Measures, DistancesOutside The CampFar From Onedistance

The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord.

TheophanyGod Going DownProclaiming God’s Name

Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.

Addressing Someone

Then Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

God Appointing OthersPeople Of Judah

Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every skillful person in whom the Lord had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to perform it.

ImpulsesSkilled PeopleOthers Summoning

Then the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying,

Tent Of MeetingTents

Now it came about on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel;

Aaron, As High PriestDay 8The Elders Gathered

Moses called also to Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come forward, carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to the outside of the camp.”

CousinsCamps, Unclean ThingsCarrying Dead Bodies

These are they who were called of the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ tribes; they were the heads of divisions of Israel.”

Men

So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them.

Fire From Heaven

So the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had been greedy.

Burying placesGreed

Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the doorway of the tent, and He called Aaron and Miriam. When they had both come forward,

Divine ManifestationsRevelation, In OtGod Appearing At The Doorway

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; but Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.

People Renaming People

That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut down from there.

The Lord heard the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites; then they utterly destroyed them and their cities. Thus the name of the place was called Hormah.

AnnihilationThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times!

Anger, HumanCommunicating Three TimesClappingBlessing And CurseCursing IsraelNamed People Angry With Others

The sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram who were called by the congregation, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord,

Fighting One Another

Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth-jair.

People Naming Things

Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah after his own name.

CommemorationPeople Naming Things

The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh, all the region of Argob (concerning all Bashan, it is called the land of Rephaim.

Fractions, One HalfReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called it, that is, Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)

People Naming Things

In Israel his name shall be called, ‘The house of him whose sandal is removed.’

So all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will be afraid of you.

Spiritual AdoptionCalled By God's NameBeing Scared

Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.

Rest, EternalFighting TogetherStrength Of PeopleGod Gave The LandBe Courageous!Be Strong!Courage And Strength

So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe;

Twelve Tribes

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.

Rolling

So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord.”

Seven PeopleSeven ThingsThe Ark Moved AroundSeven Trumpets

They raised over him a great heap of stones that stands to this day, and the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the valley of Achor to this day.

CairnsGod Will No More Be AngryPlaces To This Day

And all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

Bringing People Out Of Other Places

Then Joshua called for them and spoke to them, saying, “Why have you deceived us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you are living within our land?

Betrayal, Example OfPretendingNeighboursPeople From Far Away

When they brought these kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, “Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came near and put their feet on their necks.

FeetNecksSubjectionCare Of FeetThose Subjected To People

The territory of the sons of Dan proceeded beyond them; for the sons of Dan went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. Then they struck it with the edge of the sword and possessed it and settled in it; and they called Leshem Dan after the name of Dan their father.

SwordsFighting EnemiesPeople Naming Things

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
μετακαλέω 
metakaleo 
Usage: 4

προσκαλέομαι 
Proskaleomai 
call unto , call , call for , call to
Usage: 27

ἐπικαλέομαι 
Epikaleomai 
call on , be surname , be surnamed , call upon , appeal unto , call , appeal to , appeal
Usage: 32

προσφωνέω 
Prosphoneo 
call , call unto , call to , speak , speak to , speak unto
Usage: 5

ἀναμιμνήσκω 
Anamimnesko 
Usage: 6

φωνέω 
Phoneo 
call , crow , cry , call for
Usage: 30

זעק 
Za`aq 
Usage: 73

מקרא 
Miqra' 
Usage: 23

צעק 
Tsa`aq 
Usage: 55

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

קרא 
Q@ra' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 11

αἰτέω 
Aiteo 
Usage: 43

ἐγκαλέω 
Egkaleo 
Usage: 7

εἰσκαλέω 
Eiskaleo 
call in
Usage: 1

ἐπιλέγομαι 
Epilegomai 
be called , choose
Usage: 2

ἐπονομάζω 
Eponomazo 
Usage: 1

ἐρέω 
Ereo 
say , speak , tell , speak of , call
Usage: 41

καλέω 
Kaleo 
call , bid , be so named , named ,
Usage: 106

κλῆσις 
Klesis 
Usage: 11

κλητός 
Kletos 
Usage: 9

κοινόω 
Koinoo 
Usage: 5

κρίνω 
Krino 
judge , determine , condemn , go to law , call in question , esteem ,
Usage: 84

λέγω 
Lego 
say , speak , call , tell ,
Usage: 1045

μακαρίζω 
Makarizo 
Usage: 2

μεταπέμπω 
metapempo 
Usage: 8

ὄνομα 
Onoma 
name , named , called , surname , named , not tr
Usage: 162

ὀνομάζω 
Onomazo 
Usage: 10

προσαγορεύω 
Prosagoreuo 
Usage: 1

συγκαλέω 
Sugkaleo 
Usage: 6

συναθροίζω 
sunathroizo 
Usage: 2

χρηματίζω 
Chrematizo 
be warned of God , call , be admonished of God , reveal , speak , be warned from God
Usage: 9

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