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Koine Greek wordlink #23259

SR GNT Mark 2:17 καλέσαι (kalesai) ‘being not I came to call the righteous but sinners’ Strongs=25640 Lemma=kaleō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Refers to Word #23241 Person=Jesus

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Other uses (3) of identical word form καλέσαι (V-NAA....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘καλέσαι’ (V-NAA....) is always and only glossed as ‘to call’.

Mat 9:13 ‘not for I came to call the righteous ones but sinners’ SR GNT Mat 9:13 word 15

Mat 22:3 ‘the slaves of him to call the ones having_been invited to’ SR GNT Mat 22:3 word 6

Luke 5:32 ‘not I have come to call the righteous but sinners’ SR GNT Luke 5:32 word 4

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kaleō’ have 46 different glosses: ‘are_being called’, ‘be calling’, ‘being called’, ‘being named’, ‘has called’, ‘has_been called’, ‘having called’, ‘having called me’, ‘having invited’, ‘having_been called’, ‘having_been invited’, ‘is calling’, ‘is inviting’, ‘is_being called’, ‘may_be called’, ‘to call’, ‘to_be called’, ‘to_be calling’, ‘to_be_being called’, ‘was called’, ‘was invited’, ‘were called’, ‘will_be_being called’, ‘will_be_being named’, ‘I will_be calling’, ‘I called’, ‘he was called’, ‘he will_be_being called’, ‘he called’, ‘it is_being called’, ‘they were calling’, ‘they will_be calling’, ‘they will_be_being called’, ‘we may_be called’, ‘you may_be called’, ‘you were called’, ‘you will_be calling’, ‘you_all are calling’, ‘you_all may call’, ‘you_all may_be called’, ‘you_all were called’, ‘call’, ‘called’, ‘calling’, ‘invite’, ‘invited’.

Greek words (10) other than καλέσαι (V-NAA....) with a gloss related to ‘call’

YHN 1:48 φωνῆσαι (fōnaʸsai) V-NAA.... Lemma=fōneō ‘the time you Filippos to call being under the’ SR GNT Yhn 1:48 word 18

YHN 4:16 φώνησον (fōnaʸson) V-MAA2..S Lemma=fōneō ‘he is saying to her be going call the husband of you’ SR GNT Yhn 4:16 word 7

MARK 10:49 φωνήσατε (fōnaʸsate) V-MAA2..P Lemma=fōneō ‘having stopped Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said call him and they are calling’ SR GNT Mark 10:49 word 6

MAT 20:8 κάλεσον (kaleson) V-MAA2..S ‘to the manager of him call the workers and’ SR GNT Mat 20:8 word 12

MAT 23:9 καλέσητε (kalesaʸte) V-SAA2..P ‘and father not you_all may call of you_all on the’ SR GNT Mat 23:9 word 4

LUKE 9:54 εἴπωμεν (eipōmen) V-SAA1..P Lemma=legō ‘said master you are willing that we may call fire to come_downhill from’ SR GNT Luke 9:54 word 13

ACTs 2:21 ἐπικαλέσηται (epikalesaʸtai) V-SAM3..S Lemma=epikaleō ‘it will_be everyone who may call on the name of the master’ SR GNT Acts 2:21 word 7

ACTs 11:26 χρηματίσαι (ⱪraʸmatisai) V-NAA.... Lemma=χrēmatizō ‘to teach a crowd large to call and first in’ SR GNT Acts 11:26 word 31

ROM 10:13 ἐπικαλέσηται (epikalesaʸtai) V-SAM3..S Lemma=epikaleō ‘everyone for that may call on the name of the master’ SR GNT Rom 10:13 word 6

ROM 10:14 ἐπικαλέσωνται (epikalesōntai) V-SAM3..P Lemma=epikaleō ‘how therefore they may call on whom not’ SR GNT Rom 10:14 word 3

Key: V=verb MAA2..P=imperative,aorist,active,2nd person plural MAA2..S=imperative,aorist,active,2nd person singular NAA....=infinitive,aorist,active SAA1..P=subjunctive,aorist,active,1st person plural SAA2..P=subjunctive,aorist,active,2nd person plural SAM3..P=subjunctive,aorist,middle,3rd person plural SAM3..S=subjunctive,aorist,middle,3rd person singular