ἘΠΕΚΑΛΕΣΑΝΤΟ, ἐπεκαλεσαντο
EPEKALESANTO, epekalesanto
Sounds Like: eh-peh-kah-LEH-sahn-toh
Translations: called upon, invoked, appealed to, named
From the root: ἘΠΙΚΑΛΈΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'over', and the verb 'καλέω' (kaleo), meaning 'to call'. It generally means to call upon someone or something, to invoke, or to appeal to. It can be used in contexts of calling upon a deity, appealing to a higher authority, or simply naming something.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle/Passive Voice, Indicative Mood, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1941 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 13:358
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Judith — 6:21, 9:4
- 3 Maccabees — 5:7
- Psalms — 13:4, 48:12, 52:5, 78:6
- Wisdom — 11:4
- Sirach — 48:20
- Jeremiah — 10:25
- Amos — 4:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΚΑΛΈΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΚΑΛΟΥΜΗΝ — I was calling upon, I was appealing to, I was invoking, I was naming, I was surnaming
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ — calling upon, having called upon, appealing to, having appealed to, invoking, having invoked, naming, having named, surnaming, having surnamed
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΟΙΝΤΟ — they might call upon, they might appeal to, they might invoke, they might name
- ἘΠΙΚΕΚΛΗΚΑΣΙΝ — they have called upon, they have invoked, they have named, they have surnamed
- ἘΠΙΚΕΚΛΗΜΕΝΟΥ — of having been called upon, of having been named, of having been surnamed, of having been appealed to
- ἘΠΙΚΕΚΛΗΜΕΝΟΥΣ — called upon, named, surnamed, those called upon, those named, those surnamed
- ἘΠΙΚΕΚΛΗΣΑΙ — you have appealed, you have called upon, you have invoked
- ἘΠΙΚΛΗΘΕΙΣΑΝ — having been called, having been named, having been surnamed, having been invoked
- ἘΠΙΚΛΗΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be called, will be named, will be invoked, will be surnamed
- ΤΩΝἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΣΑΜΕΝΩΝ — of those who called upon, of those who invoked, of those who appealed to
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