verb
eiskalomō
Strong’sG1528
I call in, invite
stem eiskal-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* εἰσ-καλέω, -ῶ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1528 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
call in, μάρτυρας Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.:—middle, invite to one's house, NT; also, call or have called in, Refs 2nd c.BC+; [ἰητρόν] Refs 5th c.BC+; summon, Refs 3rd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| eiskalerantosεἰσκαλεσάμενος | happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative singular masculine | invited … in | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eiskalomō | eiskalome | eiskalomē | eiskalomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | eiskalosō | eiskalose | eiskalosē | eiskaloselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eiskalotō | eiskalote | eiskalotē | eiskalotelē |
| we 1st person plural | eiskalonō | eiskalone | eiskalonē | eiskalonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eiskalovō | eiskalove | eiskalovē | eiskalovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | eiskalolō | eiskalole | eiskalolē | eiskalolelē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eiskalemi | eiskalema |
| you 2nd person singular | eiskalesi | eiskalesa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eiskaleti | eiskaleta |
| we 1st person plural | eiskaleni | eiskalena |
| ye 2nd person plural | eiskalevi | eiskaleva |
| they 3rd person plural | eiskaleli | eiskalela |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eiskalomeiō | eiskalomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | eiskaloseiō | eiskaloseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eiskaloteiō | eiskaloteiē |
| we 1st person plural | eiskaloneiō | eiskaloneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eiskaloveiō | eiskaloveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | eiskaloleiō | eiskaloleiē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eiskalemeia |
| you 2nd person singular | eiskaleseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eiskaleteia |
| we 1st person plural | eiskaleneia |
| ye 2nd person plural | eiskaleveia |
| they 3rd person plural | eiskaleleia |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | eiskalosōr | eiskalosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eiskalotōr | eiskalotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | eiskalovōr | eiskalovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | eiskalolōr | eiskalolēr |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | eiskalesar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eiskaletar |
| ye 2nd person plural | eiskalevar |
| they 3rd person plural | eiskalelar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eiskalomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | eiskalosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eiskalotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | eiskalonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | eiskalovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | eiskaloloiō |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eiskalemoia |
| you 2nd person singular | eiskalesoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eiskaletoia |
| we 1st person plural | eiskalenoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | eiskalevoia |
| they 3rd person plural | eiskaleloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | eiskalorō | eiskalorē | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | eiskaleri | eiskalera |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | eiskalorōntos | eiskalorēntos | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | eiskalerintos | eiskalerantos1×εἰσκαλεσάμενος |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
eiskal is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
eiskalerantos“invited … in”happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative singular masculine1×
Acts 10:23eiskalerantos oun autoin xenizata. Ta de epaurion …So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next …