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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 1:5

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Galatians 1:6
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Galatians 1:6 · retained source text

I marueile, that you are so soone remoued from him, that called you into the grace of Christ, vnto an other Gospel:

Galatians 1:15
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Galatians 1:15 · retained source text

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mothers wombe, and called me by his grace,

Galatians 5:13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Galatians 5:13 · retained source text

For brethren, ye haue beene called vnto liberty, onely vse not libertie for an occasion to the flesh, but by loue serue one another.

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Historical definitions

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

volume 1, leaf 337, column 1 (entry starts at OCR line 31)