Quick Definition
προσκαλέω v. I summon
Strong's Definition
middle voice from 4314 and 2564; to call toward oneself, i.e. summon, invite
KJV Usage: call (for, to, unto)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | καλέω
33.308 · (προσκαλέομαι[a]) · Communication · Call
to call, to call to to call to, with a possible implication of a reciprocal relation
MAT 15:10 · MAT 15:32 · MAT 18:2 · MAT 18:32 · MAT 20:25 · MRK 3:13 · MRK 3:23 · MRK 6:7 · MRK 7:14 · MRK 8:1 · MRK 8:34 · MRK 10:42 · MRK 12:43 · MRK 15:44 · LUK 7:18 · LUK 15:26 · LUK 16:5 · LUK 18:16 · ACT 2:39 · ACT 5:40 · ACT 6:2 · ACT 13:7 · ACT 23:17 · ACT 23:18 · ACT 23:23
33.312 · (προσκαλέομαι[b]) · Communication · Call
to call, to call to a task to urgently invite someone to accept responsibilities for a particular task, implying a new relationship to the one who does the calling It is rare that one can translate καλέω[d], κλῆσις[a], and προσκαλέω[b] as simply ‘to call’ in the sense of ‘to speak to someone at a distance and tell them to come.’ For example, in 2TH 2:14 it may be necessary to render the above clause as ‘through the good news we preached, which summoned you to do this.’ Similarly, in ACT 16:10 one may translate ‘because God has urgently invited us to preach the good news to the people there.’
1 It is possible that προσκαλέομαι[b] differs in meaning from καλέω[d] in emphasizing more specifically either the person who is called or the task to which one is called.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσ-καλέω, -@: Mid., pres. προσκαλοῦμαι; 1 aor. προσexadeodunv; pf. προσκέκλημαι ; from [Antipho, Arstph., Thue.], Xen., Plat. down; ἰο call to; in the N.T. found only in the mid. [ef. B. § 135, 4], to call to one’s self; to bid to come to one’s self: τινά, a. prop.: Mt. x.1; xv. 10,32; xviii. 2,32; xx. 25; Mk. iii. 13, 23; vi. 7; vii. 14; viii. 1,34; x. 42; xii. 43; xv.44; Lk. vii. 18 (19); xv. 26; xvi. 5; xviii. 16; Acts v.40; vi. 2; xiii. 7; xx.1 [RG L]; xxiii. 17, 18, 23; Jas. v. 14. b. metaph. God is said προσκαλεῖσθαι the Gentiles, aliens as they are from him, by inviting and drawing them, through the preaching of the gospel, unto fellowship with himself in the Messiah’s kingdom, Acts ii. 39; the Holy Spirit and Christ are said to call unto themselves [οἵ. W. § 39, 3] those preachers of the gospel to whom they have decided to intrust a service having reference to the extension of the gospel: foll. by an inf. indicating the purpose, Acts xvi. 10; foll. by ets τι, Acts xiii. 2 (where 4 is for εἰς 6, acc. to that familiar Grk. usage by which a prep. prefixed to the antecedent is not repeated before the relative; cf. W. 421 sq. (393); [B. 342 (294)]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προσκαλέω proskaleō 29x
to call to one’s self, summon, Mt. 10:1; 15:10, 32; 18:2; to invite, Acts 2:39; to call to the performance of a thing, appoint, Acts 13:2; 16:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προσ-καλέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for קרא;]
to call to. Mid., to call to oneself (v. M, Pr., 157): c. acc. pers., Mt 10:1, Mk 3:13 6:7, Lk 7:19, Ac 5:40, Ja 5:14, al. Metaph., of the Divine call: Ac 2:39; c. inf., Ac 16:10 (v. Bl., § 69, 4); seq. εἰς, Ac 13:2.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προσκαλέω. For the mid. ‘‘ call (someone) to myself,” which alone is found in the NT (Mt 10! a/.), cf. P Amh II. 352? (B.c. 132) προσκαλεσάμενος Tov Ilaakaow, P Fay 12% (c. B.C. 103) προσκαλεσάμενοι τόν τε Διοκλῆν καὶ ᾿Αμμώνι[ο]ν, Sy// 177 = 3344)" (6. B.C. 303) ἐξέστω τὸν ἀποδημοῦντα πρ]οσκαλέσασθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀρχείου καὶ awd τῆς οἰκίας, and see Proleg. p. 157. The pass. occurs in P Tebt I. 588 (B.c. 111) οὐδαμῶς προσκεκλήμεθα, ‘we have not yet been summoned.”’ [2 προσκεφαλαιον
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προσκαλέω (proskaleō) — to call to/summon. προσκᾰλέω, call on, summon, τινας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; address, accost, ὀνόματι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. metaphorically, call forth, excite, ἔκκρισιν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. middle with perfect passive (see. below), call to oneself, invite, summon, τινα variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially call to one's aid, τινα Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τινὰ ἐς τὴν πολιτείαν uncertain reading in [Refs 1st c.AD+] to which I have called them, [NT]
II.2. as law-term, of an accuser, cite or summon into court, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ ὕβρεως lay an action for assault, [Refs]; in full, π. δίκην ἀσεβείας πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be summoned, λιποταξίου, ξενίας, on a charge of.. , [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑπομεῖναι προσκληθεὶς δίκην εἰς Ἄρειον πάγον submitted to be summoned.. before the Areopagus, [Refs]; προσκληθείς summoned, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ τοῦ.. ἔχοντος τὸν κλῆρον προσκαλεῖσθαι that citation should be made of the party in possession, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare πρόσκλησις.
II.3. cite as witness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]