μετακᾰλέω G3333
To summon, send for, or call someone to come from another place.
A compound of meta (implying change of place) and kaleo (to call), this verb means to summon someone, to send for a person to come from where they are. All four New Testament occurrences appear in Acts, reflecting its administrative and interpersonal register. Joseph sends for his father Jacob (Acts 7:14), Cornelius is told to summon Peter (Acts 10:32), Paul sends for the Ephesian elders (Acts 20:17), and Felix summons Paul for conversation (Acts 24:25). The Spanish 'hizo llamar' (caused to be called) nicely captures the causative nuance of sending for someone at a distance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To summon or send for someone, calling them to come from another location. The meta- prefix conveys movement toward the caller, distinguishing this from a simple calling out. Spanish 'hizo llamar' (had someone called) and French 'appeler' (to call) reflect the summoning action. All four NT uses occur in Acts: Joseph summons Jacob to Egypt (7:14), Cornelius is instructed to send for Peter (10:32), Paul calls the Ephesian elders to Miletus (20:17), and Felix sends for Paul repeatedly (24:25). 4×
AR["اسْتَدْعَى", "سَأَسْتَدْعِيكَ", "وَاسْتَدْعَى", "ٱدْعُ"]·ben["ডাক", "ডাকালেন", "ডাকিব", "তিনি-ডেকে-পাঠালেন"]·DE["μετακάλεσαι", "μετακαλέσομαί", "μετεκαλέσατο"]·EN["I-will-summon", "summon", "summoned"]·FR["appeler"]·heb["אֶקְרָא", "הַזְמֵן", "קָרָא"]·HI["बुलवा", "बुलवाऊँगा", "बुलवाया"]·ID["akan-memanggil", "memanggil", "panggillah"]·IT["richiamare"]·jav["kula-badhè-nimbali", "nimbali", "undanga"]·KO["그가-불렀다", "부르겠다", "불럀다", "불러라"]·PT["chamou", "mandou-chamar"]·RU["пригласи", "призвал", "призову"]·ES["hizo-llamar", "llama", "te-llamaré"]·SW["aliwaita", "nitakuita", "umwite"]·TR["çağır", "çağıracağım", "çağırdı"]·urd["بلایا", "بلوا", "بلوایا", "میں-بلاؤں-گا"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μετακᾰλέω, 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