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The New Testament Greek Lexicon

 Strong's Number:  1941 encodedOriginalWord
Original WordWord Origin
 ἐπικαλέω  middle voice from (1909) and (2564)
Transliterated WordPhonetic Spelling
 epikaleō ep-ee-kal-eh'-om-ahee
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Parts of SpeechTDNT
 Verb 3:496,
 Definition
 
  1. to put a name upon, to surname
    1. to permit one's self to be surnamed
  2. to be named after someone
  3. to call something to one
    1. to cry out upon or against one
    2. to charge something to one as a crime or reproach
    3. to summon one on any charge, prosecute one for a crime
    4. to blame one for, accuse one of
  4. to invoke
    1. to call upon for one's self, in one's behalf
      1. any one as a helper
      2. as my witness
      3. as my judge
      4. to appeal unto
  5. to call upon by pronouncing the name of Jehovah
    1. an expression finding its explanation in the fact that prayers addressed to God ordinarily began with an invocation of the divine name
 Translated Words
 KJV (32) - appeal, 1; appeal to, 1; appeal unto, 4; be (one's) surname, 6; be surnamed, 5; call, 4; call on, 7; call upon, 4;

NAS (30) - address, 1; appeal, 2; appealed, 4; call, 7; called, 14; calling, 1; calls, 1;

 Verse Count
KJVNAS
 
Matthew1
Luke1
Acts21
Romans3
1 Corinthians1
2 Corinthians1
2 Timothy1
Hebrews1
James1
1 Peter1
 
Matthew1
Acts20
Romans3
1 Corinthians1
2 Corinthians1
2 Timothy1
Hebrews1
James1
1 Peter1
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Abbreviations Legend:
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament;

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The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/.

Bibliography Information
Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Epikaleomai". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon".
<http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1941>.  

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