ΕἸΣΚΑΛΕΙΝ, εἰσκαλειν
EISKALEIN, eiskalein
Sounds Like: ice-kah-LEIN
Translations: to call in, to summon, to invite
From the root: ΕΙΣΚΑΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition εἰς (eis), meaning 'into' or 'to', and the verb καλέω (kaleō), meaning 'to call'. It means to call someone into a place, to summon them, or to invite them. It is used to describe the act of bringing someone inward or to a specific location by calling them.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1528 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 6:213
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΙΣΚΑΛΕΩ.
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.
- ΕἸΣΚΑΛΕΙ — calls in, invites in, summons
- ΕἸΣΚΑΛΕΣΑΙ — to call in, to invite in
- ΕἸΣΚΑΛΕΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having called in, having invited in, having summoned in
- ΕΙΣΚΑΛΕΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having called in, having invited in, having summoned in
- ΕΙΣΚΑΛΕΩ — to call in, to invite, to summon
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