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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 18:4
¶ He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 18:4 · retained source text

¶ He remooued the high places, and brake the images, and cut downe the groues, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for vnto those dayes the children of Israel did burne incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

1611 marginal noteHeb. statues.

1611 marginal noteNumb. 21.8.

2 Kings 18:18
And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 18:18 · retained source text

And when they had called to the king there came out to them Eliakim the sonne of Helkiah, which was ouer the houshold, and Shebna the Scribe, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the Recorder.

1611 marginal noteOr, Secretarie.

1 Chronicles 4:9
¶ And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 4:9 · retained source text

¶ And Iabez was more honourable then his brethren: and his mother called his name Iabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

1611 marginal noteThat is, sorrowfull.

1 Chronicles 4:10
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 4:10 · retained source text

And Iabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest blesse mee indeede, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might bee with me, and that thou wouldest keepe mee from euill, that it may not grieue me. And God granted him that which he requested.

1611 marginal noteHeb. If thou wilt, &c.

1611 marginal noteHeb. doe me.

1 Chronicles 6:65
And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 6:65 · retained source text

And they gaue by lot, out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Beniamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

1 Chronicles 7:16
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 7:16 · retained source text

And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a sonne, and shee called his name Peresh, and the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sonnes were Ulam and Rakem.

1 Chronicles 7:23
¶ And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 7:23 · retained source text

¶ And when hee went in to his wife, shee conceiued and bare a sonne, and he called his name, Beriah, because it went euill with his house.

1 Chronicles 11:7
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 11:7 · retained source text

And Dauid dwelt in the castell: therefore they called it the citie of Dauid.

1611 marginal noteThat is, Zion, 2.Sam 5.7.

1 Chronicles 13:6
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 13:6 · retained source text

And Dauid went vp, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-iearim, which belonged to Iudah, to bring vp thence the Arke of God the LORD, that dwelleth betweene the Cherubims, whose name is called on it.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 16.9.

1 Chronicles 13:11
And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 13:11 · retained source text

And Dauid was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach vpon Uzza; wherefore that place is called Perez-Uzza, to this day.

1611 marginal noteHeb. breach of Vzza.

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

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