ἘΠΙΚΑΛΟΥ, ἐπικαλου
EPIKALOU, epikalou
Sounds Like: eh-pee-kah-LOO
Translations: call upon, appeal to, invoke, name, a call upon, an appeal to, an invocation
From the root: ἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to call upon, appeal to, or invoke someone or something, often in a religious or legal context. It can refer to calling out a name, or more deeply, to seeking help, protection, or justice from a higher power or authority. It is frequently used in the middle voice, emphasizing the subject's personal involvement in the act of calling upon someone for their own benefit. It can be used in a command, such as 'call upon God', or to describe someone who is calling upon someone else.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, 2nd Person Singular, Imperative; or Present, Middle/Passive, 1st Person Singular, Indicative
Strong’s number: G1941 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:226
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Jonah — 1:6
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.
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΕΙΝ — to call upon, to appeal to, to invoke, to name, to be called
- 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
- 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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