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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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Jeremiah 25:29
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:29 · retained source text

For loe, I begin to bring euill on the citie, which is called by my name, and should yee be vtterly vnpunished? ye shall not be vnpunished: for I will cal for a sword vpon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vpon which my Name is called.

1611 marginal note1.Pet.4.17.

Jeremiah 30:17
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 30:17 · retained source text

For I will restore health vnto thee, and I will heale thee of thy wounds, sayth the LORD, because they called thee an outcast, saying; This is Zion whom no man seeketh after.

Jeremiah 32:34
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 32:34 · retained source text

But they set their abominations in the house (which is called by my Name) to defile it.

1611 marginal noteChap.23.11.

Jeremiah 33:16
In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 33:16 · retained source text

In those dayes shall Iudah be saued, and Ierusalem shall dwell safely, and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Iehoua-tsidkenu.

Jeremiah 34:15
And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 34:15 · retained source text

And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming libertie euery man to his neighbour, and ye had made a couenant before me in the house, which is called by my Name.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to day

1611 marginal noteHeb. wherupon my name is called.

Jeremiah 35:17
Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 35:17 · retained source text

Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hostes, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring vpon Iudah, and vpon all the inhabitants of Ierusalem, all the euill that I haue pronounced against them: because I haue spoken vnto them, but they haue not heard, and I haue called vnto them, but they haue not answered.

Jeremiah 36:4
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 36:4 · retained source text

Then Ieremiah called Baruch the sonne of Neriah, and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Ieremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken vnto him, vpon a roule of a booke.

Jeremiah 42:8
Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 42:8 · retained source text

Then called hee Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the forces which were with him, and all the people, from the least, euen to the greatest,

Lamentations 1:15
The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 1:15 · retained source text

The LORD hath troden vnder foot all my mightie men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against mee, to crush my yong men. The LORD hath troden the virgine, the daughter of Iudah, as in a wine presse.

1611 marginal noteOr, the winepresse of the virgine, &c.

Lamentations 1:19
I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 1:19 · retained source text

I called for my louers, but they deceiued me: my priests and mine elders gaue vp the ghost in the citie, while they sought their meat to relieue their soules

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

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