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ἐπικαλέω

MainId: 001957000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G1941

AlternateLemmas: ἐπικαλέομαι

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 001957001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ἐπικαλέω

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Form: pf.pass.

      Realizations: ἐπικέκλημαι

   2. Lemma: ἐπικαλέω

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Form: plpf.pass.

      Realizations: ἐπεκεκλήμην

   3. Lemma: ἐπικαλέω

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Form: aor.pass.

      Realizations: ἐπεκλήθην

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'καλέω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 001957001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 33.131

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Name

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-06-18 18:23:45

         DefinitionShort: to use an attribution in speaking of a person

         Glosses: ['to call', 'to name']

         Comments: It is not always possible to determine from the context whether the act involved is an initial naming of a person or simply calling a person by a particular name. Likewise in the case of attributions or titles, it is not always possible to determine whether it is a matter of giving an attribution or title to a person or simply a matter of speaking of or to a person by means of such an attribution or title. In some instances the giving of a title may be made indirect. For example, in {S:04000102300022} the statement ‘and they will call his name Emmanuel’ suggests the giving of a title, but the process is stated in terms of how people will speak of this person.

      LEXReferences: MAT 10:25, ACTs 1:23, ACTs 4:36, ACTs 7:59, ACTs 9:21, ACTs 10:5, ACTs 10:18, ACTs 10:32, ACTs 11:13, ACTs 12:12, ACTs 12:25, HEB 11:16, YAC 2:7, 1PET 1:17

   2. LEXID: 001957001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 33.176

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Ask For, Request

      LEXForms: ἐπικαλέομαι[a]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-06-18 18:23:45

         DefinitionShort: to call upon someone to do something, normally implying an appeal for aid

         Glosses: ['to call upon', 'to appeal to', 'to ask for help']

         Comments: ἐπικαλέομαι[a] also occurs in such expressions as ὅς ἂν ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου ({S:04400202100012}) ‘whoever calls upon the name of the Lord,’ but the meaning is essentially the same as ‘to call upon the Lord,’ since τὸ ὄνομα ‘the name’ may simply be a metonym for ‘the Lord.’

      LEXReferences: ACTs 2:21, ACTs 22:16, ROM 10:12, ROM 10:13, ROM 10:14, 1COR 1:2, 2COR 1:23, 2TIM 2:22, 1PET 1:17

   3. LEXID: 001957001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 56.15

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Courts and Legal Procedures

      LEXSubDomains: Judicial Hearing, Inquiry

      LEXForms: ἐπικαλέομαι[b]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-06-18 18:23:45

         DefinitionShort: to claim one’s legal right to have a case reviewed by a higher tribunal

         Glosses: ['to appeal one’s case', 'to appeal to a higher court']

         Comments: The second clause in {S:04402603200026} may also be rendered in a number of languages as ‘if he had not asked for the Emperor to listen to his case’ or ‘… to judge the accusations against him.’

      LEXReferences: ACTs 25:11, ACTs 25:12, ACTs 25:21, ACTs 25:25, ACTs 26:32, ACTs 28:19

   4. LEXID: 001957001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 11.28

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes

      LEXSubDomains: Socio-Religious

      LEXForms: ἐπικαλέομαι[c]

      LEXCollocations: ἐπικαλέομαι τὸ ὄνομά τινος ἐπί τινα

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-06-18 18:23:45

         DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to have someone’s name called upon someone) to be acknowledged as belonging to the one whose name is called upon such an individual

         Glosses: ['to be one of (God’s) people', 'to be the people of']

         Comments: This interpretation of the expression ἐπικαλέομαι τὸ ὄνομά τινος ἐπί τινα is based upon well attested OT usage, and though it is quite different from traditional interpretations of {S:04400901400022} and {S:04401501700032}, it should be followed as reflecting a more satisfactory and accurate interpretation of the passive form of ἐπικαλέω.

      LEXReferences: ACTs 9:14, ACTs 15:17