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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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Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 10:25 · retained source text

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the seruant as his Lord: If they haue called the Master of the house of Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

Matthew 13:55
Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 13:55 · retained source text

Is not this the Carpenters sonne? Is not his mother called Marie? and his brethren, Iames, and Ioses, and Simon, and Iudas?

1611 marginal noteIoh. 6.42.

Matthew 15:10
¶ And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 15:10 · retained source text

¶ And he called the multitude, and said vnto them, Heare and vnderstand.

1611 marginal noteMarke 7.14.

Matthew 15:32
¶ Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 15:32 · retained source text

¶ Then Iesus called his disciples vnto him, and said, I haue compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three dayes, and haue nothing to eate: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

1611 marginal noteMark. 8.1.

Matthew 18:2
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 18:2 · retained source text

And Iesus called a little child vnto him, and set him in the midst of them,

Matthew 18:32
Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 18:32 · retained source text

Then his lord, after that hee had called him, said vnto him, O thou wicked seruant, I forgaue thee all that debt because thou desiredst me:

Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 20:16 · retained source text

So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many bee called, but fewe chosen.

1611 marginal noteChap. 19.30.

Matthew 20:25
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 20:25 · retained source text

But Iesus called them vnto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion ouer them, and they that are great, exercise authoritie vpon them.

1611 marginal noteLuk. 22.25.

Matthew 20:32
And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 20:32 · retained source text

And Iesus stood still, and called them, and saide, What will yee that I shall doe vnto you?

Matthew 21:13
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 21:13 · retained source text

And said vnto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but yee haue made it a denne of theeues.

1611 marginal noteEsai. 56.7.

1611 marginal noteIere 7.11. mar. 11.17. luke. 19.46.

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Historical definitions

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

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