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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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Jeremiah 7:10
And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:10 · retained source text

And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my Name, and say, We are deliuered, to do all these abominations?

1611 marginal noteHebr. whereupon my Name is called.

Jeremiah 7:11
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:11 · retained source text

Is this house, which is called by my Name, become a denne of robbers in your eies? Behold, euen I haue seen it, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteIsai. 56.7.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 21.13. mar. 11.17. luke 19.46.

Jeremiah 7:13
And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:13 · retained source text

And now because ye haue done all these workes, saith the LORD, and I spake vnto you, rising vp earely, and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not:

1611 marginal notePro. 1.24. isa. 65.12. and 66.4.

Jeremiah 7:14
Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:14 · retained source text

Therefore will I doe vnto this house, which is called by my Name, wherein yee trust, and vnto the place which I gaue to you, and to your fathers, as I haue done to Shiloh.

1611 marginal note1.Sam.4.11. psal.78.60. and 132.6. chap.26.6.

Jeremiah 7:30
For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:30 · retained source text

For the children of Iudah haue done euill in my sight, saith the LORD: they haue set their abominations in the house which is called by my Name, to pollute it.

Jeremiah 7:32
¶ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:32 · retained source text

¶ Therefore behold, the dayes come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the sonne of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.

1611 marginal noteCha. 19.6.

Jeremiah 11:16
The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 11:16 · retained source text

The LORD called thy name, A greene oliue tree, faire and of goodly fruite: with the noise of a great tumult hee hath kindled fire vpon it, and the branches of it are broken.

Jeremiah 12:6
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 12:6 · retained source text

For euen thy brethren and the house of thy father, euen they haue dealt treacherously with thee, yea they haue called a multitude after thee; beleeue them not, though they speake faire words vnto thee.

1611 marginal noteOr, they cryed after thee fully.

1611 marginal noteHeb. good things.

1611 marginal noteChap.9.4.

Jeremiah 14:9
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:9 · retained source text

Why shouldest thou bee as a man astonied, as a mightie man that cannot saue? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of vs, and we are called by thy Name, leaue vs not.

1611 marginal noteHebr. thy Name is called vpon vs.

Jeremiah 15:16
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 15:16 · retained source text

Thy wordes were found, and I did eate them, and thy word was vnto mee, the ioy and reioycing of mine heart: for I am called by thy Name, O LORD God of hostes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. thy Name is called vpon me.

1611 marginal noteEze.3.3. reuel.10.9.

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

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