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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

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:5

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Job 1:4
And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 1:4 · retained source text

And his sonnes went and feasted in their houses, euery one his day, and sent and called for their three sisters, to eate and to drinke with them.

Job 9:16
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 9:16 · retained source text

If I had called, and had answered me, yet would I not beleeue that he had hearkened vnto my voice:

Job 19:16
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 19:16 · retained source text

I called my seruant, and he gaue me no answere: I intreated him with my mouth.

Job 42:14
And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 42:14 · retained source text

And he called the name of the first, Iemima, and the name of the second, Kezia, and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

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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)