ἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΙΝ, ἐπικαλειν
EPIKALEIN, epikalein
Sounds Like: ep-ee-ka-LEIN
Translations: to call upon, to appeal to, to invoke, to name, to be called
From the root: ἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to call upon someone or something, often for help, support, or as an appeal to authority. It can also mean to invoke a name or to be called by a certain name. It is frequently used in contexts of prayer, legal appeals, or identifying someone by a specific designation.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1941 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 6:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to call upon, to invoke, to appeal to, to name, to be called
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΣΑΙ — call upon, appeal to, invoke, call by name
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΣΑΜΕΝΗ — having called upon, having invoked, having appealed to, having named
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΣΑΣ — having called upon, having invoked, having appealed to, having named
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΣΟΜΑΙ — I will call upon, I will invoke, I will appeal to
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΣΩΜΕΘΑ — call upon, invoke, appeal to, call by name, be called
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΟΙΤΟ — he might call upon, he might appeal to, he might invoke, he might name, he might be called
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΟΥ — call upon, appeal to, invoke, name, a call upon, an appeal to, an invocation
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΟΥΜΕΝΩ — to one calling upon, to one who calls upon, to one being called, to one being named, to one appealed to
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — (of) calling upon, (of) invoking, (of) appealing to, (of) naming, (of) surnaming
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΟΥΝΤΑ — calling upon, appealing to, invoking, naming, surnaming
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΩΝ — calling upon, appealing to, invoking, naming, surnaming
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