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G2564 · καλέω

kaléō

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)

KJV gloss list in the source

bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called))

Derivation recorded by Strong

akin to the base of G2753 (κελεύω);

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