| Strong#: | 1941 // epikaleomai epikaleomai |
| Orig: | v // middle voice from \\1909\\ and \\2564\\ |
| NASB: | ==>address(1), appeal(2), appealed(4), call(7), called(14), calling(1), calls(1). |
| AV=32 | ==>call on 7, be (one's) surname 6, be surnamed 5, call upon 4, appeal unto 4, call 4, appeal to 1, appeal 1 |
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| Definition: | 1) to put a name upon, to surname
1a) to permit one's self to be surnamed
2) to be named after someone
3) to call something to one
3a) to cry out upon or against one
3b) to charge something to one as a crime or reproach
3c) to summon one on any charge, prosecute one for a crime
3d) to blame one for, accuse one of
4) to invoke
4a) to call upon for one's self, in one's behalf
4a1) any one as a helper
4a2) as my witness
4a3) as my judge
4a4) to appeal unto
5) to call upon by pronouncing the name of Jehovah
5a) an expression finding its explanation in the fact that prayers
addressed to God ordinarily began with an invocation of the
divine name
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| NASB: | to call upon: |
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