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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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Genesis 30:21
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 30:21 · retained source text

And afterwardes shee bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

1611 marginal noteThat is, Iudgement.

Genesis 30:24
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 30:24 · retained source text

And shee called his name Ioseph, and saide, The LORD shall adde to me another sonne.

1611 marginal noteThat is, Adding.

Genesis 31:4
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 31:4 · retained source text

And Iacob sent and called Rachel and Leah, to the field vnto his flocke,

Genesis 31:47
And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 31:47 · retained source text

And Laban called it Iegar-Sahadutha: but Iacob called it Galeed.

1611 marginal noteThat is, The heape of witnesse.

Genesis 31:48
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 31:48 · retained source text

And Laban said, This heape is a witnesse betweene mee and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,

Genesis 31:54
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 31:54 · retained source text

Then Iacob offred sacrifice vpon the mount, and called his brethren to eate bread, and they did eate bread, and taried all night in the mount.

1611 marginal noteOr, killed beasts.

Genesis 32:2
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 32:2 · retained source text

And when Iacob saw them, he said, This is Gods hoste: and hee called the name of that place Mahanaim.

1611 marginal noteThat is, two hostes or campes.

Genesis 32:28
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 32:28 · retained source text

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Iacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God, and with men, and hast preuailed.

1611 marginal noteChap. 35.10.

Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 32:30 · retained source text

And Iacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued.

1611 marginal noteThat is, The face of God.

Genesis 33:17
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 33:17 · retained source text

And Iacob iourneyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made boothes for his cattell: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

1611 marginal noteThat is, boothes.

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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)