ἘΠΙΚΛΗΣΕΙ, ἐπικλησει
EPIKLĒSEI, epiklēsei
Sounds Like: ep-ee-KLEE-say
Translations: (to) invocation, (to) appeal, (to) surname, (to) appellation, an invocation, an appeal
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΛΗΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of calling upon someone or something, an invocation, or an appeal. It can also denote a name or title given to someone, a surname or appellation. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi, 'upon, over') and κλῆσις (klēsis, 'a calling'). It is used in contexts where one is calling upon a higher power, making a formal request, or referring to a specific name or designation.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1942 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:251
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 1:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΛΗΣΙΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΚΛΗΣΕΙΣ — invocation, a surname, a title, an appeal, a call, an appellation
- ἘΠΙΚΛΗΣΕΩΣ — of invocation, of appeal, of calling upon, of surname
- ἘΠΙΚΛΗΣΙΝ — invocation, a surname, an appellation, a calling upon, a naming
- ἘΠΙΚΛΗΣΙΣ — appellation, a surname, invocation, a calling upon, a calling upon oneself
- ΕΠΙΚΛΗΝ — surname, byname, appellation, invocation, a surname
- ΕΠΙΚΛΗΣΙΣ — invocation, calling upon, appeal, a calling upon
- ΤΗΝἘΠΙΚΛΗΣΙΝ — the invocation, the appeal, the surname, the title
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