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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.

Definition sources

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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Hosea 11:1
WHEN Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 11:1 · retained source text

¶ When Israel was a childe, then I loued him, and called my sonne out of Egypt.

1611 marginal noteMat.2.15

Hosea 11:2
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hosea 11:2 · retained source text

As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed vnto Baalim, and burnt incense to grauen images.

Hosea 11:7
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 11:7 · retained source text

And my people are bent to backesliding from mee: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

1611 marginal noteHebr. together they exalted not.

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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)