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called

Meaning of “called”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
624 occurrences599 verses51 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:5

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2 Kings 3:10
And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 3:10 · retained source text

And the king of Israel said, Alas, that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliuer them into the hand of Moab.

2 Kings 3:13
And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 3:13 · retained source text

And Elisha saide vnto the king of Israel, What haue I to doe with thee? Get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said vnto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliuer them into the hand of Moab.

2 Kings 4:12
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:12 · retained source text

And he said to Gehazi his seruant, Call this Shunammite. And when hee had called her, she stood before him.

2 Kings 4:15
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:15 · retained source text

And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the doore.

2 Kings 4:22
And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:22 · retained source text

And she called vnto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the yong men, and one of the asses, that I may runne to the man of God, and come againe.

2 Kings 4:36
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:36 · retained source text

And hee called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So hee called her: and when shee was come in vnto him, he said, Take vp thy sonne.

2 Kings 6:11
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 6:11 · retained source text

Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing, and he called his seruants, and said vnto them, Will ye not shewe me which of vs is for the king of Israel?

2 Kings 7:10
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 7:10 · retained source text

So they came, and called vnto the porter of the citie: and they told them, saying; We came to the campe of the Syrians, and behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tyed, and asses tyed, and the tents as they were.

2 Kings 7:11
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 7:11 · retained source text

And hee called the porters, and they told it to the kings house within.

2 Kings 8:1
THEN spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:1 · retained source text

¶ Then spake Elisha vnto the woman ( whose sonne he had restored to life) saying, Arise, and goe thou and thine housholde, and soiourne whersoeuer thou canst soiourne: for the LORD hath called for a famin, and it shall also come vpon the land seuen yeeres.

1611 marginal noteChap. 4.35.

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Historical definitions

Invited; summoned; addressed; named; appointed; invoked; assembled by order; recited.

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