verb
metakalomō
Strong’sG3333
I send for
stem metakal-4 times in the New Testament3 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.
μετα-καλέω, -ῶ ,
[in LXX: Ho 11:1, 2 (קרא), I Es 1:50*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3333 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
recall, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, τινὰς ἀπὸ τῆς ἀποστάσεως Refs 1st c.BC+
2 simply, summon, Refs 2nd c.AD+; call in a midwife, doctor, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ὁ ἰατρὸς μετακληθείς being called in, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—middle, summon, πανταχόθεν NT+5th c.BC+; invoke, τὴν σελήνην variant in Refs 3rd c.BC+
II call or name differently, Refs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| metakalemiμετακαλέσομαί | will happen · Ifuture middle indicative 1st person singular | summon | 1× |
| metakaletaμετεκαλέσατο | happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular | invited | 2× |
| metakalesarμετακάλεσαι | happened · youaorist middle imperative 2nd person singular | invite | 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, 3 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 | metakalomō | metakalome | metakalomē | metakalomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | metakalosō | metakalose | metakalosē | metakaloselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metakalotō | metakalote | metakalotē | metakalotelē |
| we 1st person plural | metakalonō | metakalone | metakalonē | metakalonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | metakalovō | metakalove | metakalovē | metakalovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | metakalolō | metakalole | metakalolē | metakalolelē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metakalemi1×μετακαλέσομαί | metakalema |
| you 2nd person singular | metakalesi | metakalesa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metakaleti | metakaleta2×μετεκαλέσατο |
| we 1st person plural | metakaleni | metakalena |
| ye 2nd person plural | metakalevi | metakaleva |
| they 3rd person plural | metakaleli | metakalela |
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 | metakalomeiō | metakalomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | metakaloseiō | metakaloseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metakaloteiō | metakaloteiē |
| we 1st person plural | metakaloneiō | metakaloneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | metakaloveiō | metakaloveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | metakaloleiō | metakaloleiē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metakalemeia |
| you 2nd person singular | metakaleseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metakaleteia |
| we 1st person plural | metakaleneia |
| ye 2nd person plural | metakaleveia |
| they 3rd person plural | metakaleleia |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | metakalosōr | metakalosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metakalotōr | metakalotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | metakalovōr | metakalovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | metakalolōr | metakalolēr |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | metakalesar1×μετακάλεσαι |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metakaletar |
| ye 2nd person plural | metakalevar |
| they 3rd person plural | metakalelar |
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 | metakalomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | metakalosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metakalotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | metakalonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | metakalovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | metakaloloiō |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metakalemoia |
| you 2nd person singular | metakalesoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metakaletoia |
| we 1st person plural | metakalenoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | metakalevoia |
| they 3rd person plural | metakaleloia |
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 | metakalorō | metakalorē | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | metakaleri | metakalera |
Used as an adjective — participle, 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 | metakalorōntos | metakalorēntos | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | metakalerintos | metakalerantos |
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
metakal 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.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
metakalemi“summon”will happen · Ifuture middle indicative 1st person singular1×
Acts 24:25“summon”… nun echarōntem poreuosōr, kairon de metalabarantos metakalemi sin;… call for you.”
metakaleta“invited”happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular2×
Acts 7:14“invited”apostelarantos de Iōsēf metakaleta Iakōb ton patron autou kai pantan …Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives …
Acts 20:17“summoned”… de tau Milētau pemparantos eis Efesan metakaleta toin presbuteroin tau ekklēsau.From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
metakalesar“invite”happened · youaorist middle imperative 2nd person singular1×
Acts 10:32“invite”pempasar oun eis Ioppan kai metakalesar Simōnon hos epikalotō Petros; houtos xenizotō …Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a …