KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 1:5
Complete exact-word concordance
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
And hee erected there an Altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
1611 marginal noteThat is, God, the God of Israel.
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
And hee built there an Altar, and called the place El-Bethel, because there God appeared vnto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
1611 marginal noteThat is, The God of Bethel.
1611 marginal noteChap. 28.19.
But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
But Deborah Rebekahs nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel vnder an oke: and the name of it was called Allon Bachuth.
1611 marginal noteThat is, The oke of weeping.
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
And God said vnto him, Thy name is Iacob: thy name shall not bee called any more Iacob, but Israel shall bee thy name; and hee called his name Israel.
1611 marginal noteChap. 32.28.
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
And Iacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
And it came to passe as her soule was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Beniamin.
1611 marginal noteThat is, The sonne of my sorrow.
1611 marginal noteThat is, The sonne of the right hand.
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
And she conceiued & bare a sonne, and he called his name Er.
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
And shee conceiued againe, and bare a sonne, and shee called his name, Onan.
1611 marginal noteNum. 26.19.
And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
And she yet againe conceiued and bare a sonne, and called his name Shelah: and hee was at Chezib, when shee bare him.
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
And it came to passe as he drewe backe his hand, that behold, his brother came out: and she said, how hast thou broken foorth? this breach bee vpon thee: Therefore his name was called Pharez.
1611 marginal noteOr, wherefore hast thou made this breach against thee?
1611 marginal noteThat is, a breach.
1611 marginal note1 Chron. 2.4. matt. 1.3.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Invited; summoned; addressed; named; appointed; invoked; assembled by order; recited.
