Strong's Number G1941

ἐπικαλέομαι

epikaleomai · ep-ee-kal-eh'-om-ahee

Transliteration:

epikaleomai{ep-ee-kal-eh'-om-ahee}

Word Origin:

middle voice from 1909 and 2564

TDNT:

3:496,*

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to entitle; by implication, to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.)

Usage in the KJV:

call on 6, be (one's) surname 6, be surnamed 5, call upon 4, appeal unto 3, call 5, appeal to 1, appeal 2

Total: 32
Occurs 30 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to put a name upon, to surname
1. to permit one's self to be surnamed
to be named after someone
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
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
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