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And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Read in context →And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
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qârâʼ · kaw-raw'
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Strong's KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Strong's first: Genesis 2:19Strong's last: Malachi 1:4
Open full H7121 profile →kaléō · kal-eh'-o
to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
Strong's KJV usage: :--bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)).
Strong's first: Matthew 1:21Strong's last: Hebrews 2:11
Open full G2564 profile →légō · leg'-o
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
Strong's KJV usage: :--ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Strong's first: Mark 15:12Strong's last: Acts 24:14
Open full G3004 profile →phōnéō · fo-neh'-o
to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation
Strong's KJV usage: :--call (for), crow, cry.
Strong's first: Mark 10:49Strong's last: John 13:13
Open full G5455 profile →ʼâmar · aw-mar'
to say (used with great latitude)
Strong's KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.
Strong's first: Isaiah 5:20Strong's last: Lamentations 2:15
Open full H559 profile →ʻûwd · ood
to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
Strong's KJV usage: admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call (take) to record, relieve, rob, solemnly, stand upright, testify, give warning, (bear, call to, give, take to) witness.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 4:26Strong's last: Deuteronomy 31:28
Open full H5749 profile →koinóō · koy-no'-o
to make (or consider) profane (ceremonially)
Strong's KJV usage: :--call common, defile, pollute, unclean.
Strong's first: Acts 10:15Strong's last: Acts 11:9
Open full G2840 profile →proskaléomai · pros-kal-eh'-om-ahee
to call toward oneself, i.e. summon, invite
Strong's KJV usage: :--call (for, to, unto).
Strong's first: Acts 2:39Strong's last: James 5:14
Open full G4341 profile →epikaléomai · ep-ee-kal-eh'-om-ahee
to entitle; by implication, to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: :--appeal (unto), call (on, upon), surname.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 1:23Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 1:23
Open full G1941 profile →lambánō · lam-ban'-o
while G138 is more violent, to seize or remove))
Strong's KJV usage: :--accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 1:5Strong's last: 2 Timothy 1:5
Open full G2983 profile →makarízō · mak-ar-id'-zo
to beatify, i.e. pronounce (or esteem) fortunate
Strong's KJV usage: :--call blessed, count happy.
Strong's first: Luke 1:48Strong's last: Luke 1:48
Open full G3106 profile →metakaléō · met-ak-al-eh'-o
to call elsewhere, i.e. summon
Strong's KJV usage: :--call (for, hither).
Strong's first: Acts 24:25Strong's last: Acts 24:25
Open full G3333 profile →onomázō · on-om-ad'-zo
to name, i.e. assign an appellation; by extension, to utter, mention, profess
Strong's KJV usage: :--call, name.
Strong's first: Acts 19:13Strong's last: Acts 19:13
Open full G3687 profile →ʼâshar · aw-shar'
to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, prosper
Strong's KJV usage: (call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.
Strong's first: Malachi 3:15Strong's last: Malachi 3:15
Open full H833 profile →zâkar · zaw-kar'
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
Strong's KJV usage: × burn (incense), × earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, × still, think on, × well.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 17:18Strong's last: 1 Kings 17:18
Open full H2142 profile →shûwb · shoob
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Strong's KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) × again, (cause to) answer ( again), × in any case (wise), × at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, × certainly, come again (back), × consider, continually, convert, deliver (again), deny, draw back, fetch home again, × fro, get (oneself) (back) again, × give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, × needs, be past, × pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, × surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 30:1Strong's last: Deuteronomy 30:1
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Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
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CALL, verb transitive [Heb. To hold or restrain.] In a general sense, to drive; to strain or force out sound. Hence,
1. To name; to denominate or give a name. And God called the light day, and the darkness he called night. Genesis 1:5.
2. To convoke; to summon; to direct or order to meet; to assemble by order or public notice; often with together; as, the king called his council together; the president called together the congress.
3. To request to meet or come.
He sent his servants to call them that were bidden. Math. 22.
4. To invite.
Because I have called and ye refused. Proverbs 1:28.
5. To invite or summon to come or be present; to invite, or collect.
CALL all your senses to you.
6. To give notice to come by authority; to command to come; as, call a servant.
7. To proclaim; to name, or publish the name.
Nor parish clerk, who calls the psalm so clear.
8. To appoint or designate, as for an office, duty or employment.
See, I have called by name Bezaleel. Exodus 31:2.
Paul called to be an apostle. Romans 1:1.
9. To invite; to warn; to exhort. Isaiah 22:12.
10. To invite or draw into union with Christ; to bring to know, believe and obey the gospel.
Revelation 19:9
11. To own and acknowledge. Hebrews 2:11.
12. To invoke or appeal to.
I call God for a record. 2 Corinthians 1:23.
13. To esteem or account. Isaiah 47:5. Matthew 3:15.
To call down, to invite, or to bring down.
To call back, to revoke, or retract; to recall; to summon or bring back.
To call for, to demand, require or claim, as a crime calls for punishment; or to cause to grow. Ezekiel 36:29. Also, to speak for; to ask; to request; as, to call for a dinner.
To call in, to collect, as to call in debts or money; or to draw from circulation, as to call in clipped coin; or to summon together; to invite to come together; as, to call in neighbors or friends.
To call forth, to bring or summon to action; as, to call forth all the faculties of the mind.
To call off, to summon away; to divert; as, to call off the attention; to call off workmen from their employment.
To call up, to bring into view or recollection; as, to call u the image of a deceased friend; also, to bring into action, or discussion; as, to call up a bill before a legislative body.
To call over, to read a list, name by name; to recite separate particulars in order, as a roll of names.
To call out, to summon to fight; to challenge; also, to summon into service; as, to call out the militia.
To call to mind, to recollect; to revive in memory.
CALL, verb intransitive
1. To utter a loud sound, or to address by name; to utter the name; sometimes with to.
The angel of God called to Hagar. Genesis 21:3.
2. To stop, without intention of staying; to make a short stop; as, to call at the inn. This use Johnson supposes to have originated in the custom of denoting ones presence at the door by a call It is common, in this phrase, to use at, as to call at the inn; or on, as to call on a friend. This application seems to be equivalent to speak, D. Kallen. Let us speak at this place.
To call on, to make a short visit to; also, to solicit payment, or make a demand of a debt. In a theological sense, to pray to or worship; as, to call on the name of the Lord. Gen 4. To repeat solemnly.
To call out, to utter a loud voice; to bawl; a popular use of the phrase.
CALL, noun
1. A vocal address, of summons or invitation; as, he will not come at a call
2. Demand; requisition; public claim; as, listen to the calls of justice or humanity.
3. Divine vocation, or summons; as the call of Abraham.
4. Invitation; request of a public body or society; as, a clergyman has a call to settle in the ministry.
5. A summons from heaven; impulse.
St. Paul believed he had a call when he persecuted the Christians.
6. Authority; command.
7. A short visit; as, to make a call; to give one a call that is, a speaking to; D. Kallen. To give one a call is to stop a moment and speak or say a word; or to have a short conversation with.
8. Vocation; employment. In this sense calling is generally used.
9. A naming; a nomination.
10. Among hunters, a lesson blown on the horn, to comfort the hounds.
11. Among seamen, a whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to their duty.
12. The English name of the mineral called by the Germans tungsten or wolfram.
13. Among fowlers, the noise or cry of a fowl, or a pipe to call birds by imitating their voice.
14. In legislative bodies, the call of the house, is a calling over the names of the members, to discover who is absent or for other purpose; a calling of names with a view to obtain answers from the person named.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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