ἘΚΚΑΛΕΙΣΘΑΙ, ἐκκαλεισθαι
EKKALEISTHAI, ekkaleisthai
Sounds Like: ek-ka-LEES-thai
Translations: to call out, to summon, to invite, to challenge, to provoke, to appeal to
From the root: ΕΚΚΑΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the present passive infinitive form of the verb 'ekkaleō'. It means 'to be called out', 'to be summoned', 'to be invited', 'to be challenged', or 'to be provoked'. It can also mean 'to appeal to' in a legal or formal sense. It describes the action of being called forth or being made to come out, often with an implication of a challenge or an invitation.
Inflection: Present, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1542 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 2:177
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΚΑΛΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΚΚΑΛΕΣΑΙ — to call out, to summon, to invite
- ἘΚΛΗΘΗ — he was called, she was called, it was called, he was summoned, she was summoned, it was summoned
- ἘΞΕΚΑΛΕΙΤΟ — was calling out, was being called out, was summoning, was being summoned, was provoking, was being provoked
- ἘΞΕΚΑΛΕΣΑΝΤΟ — they called out, they summoned, they invited, they provoked
- ἘΞΕΚΑΛΕΣΑΤΟ — called out, summoned, enticed, tempted, provoked
- ἘΞΕΚΑΛΟΥΝΤΟ — they were calling out, they were summoning, they were inviting
- ΕΚΚΑΛΕΩ — to call out, to summon, to invite
- ΕΚΛΗΣΟΜΑΙ — I will call out, I will summon, I will call forth
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