1. call together, summon, convene — To call together, summon an assembly, or convene a group of people; a compound of syn (together) and kaleo (call). Used consistently in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts for gathering people. In Lk 15:6 and 15:9 the shepherd and the woman each 'calls together' (synkalei) friends and neighbors to rejoice over what was found; in Mk 15:16 the soldiers 'call together' (synkalousin) the whole cohort; in Lk 9:1 Jesus 'having called together' (synkalesamenos) the twelve gave them authority; in Lk 23:13 Pilate 'having called together' (synkalesamenos) the chief priests and rulers; in Acts 5:21 the high priest 'called together' (synekalesan) the council; in Acts 10:24 Cornelius 'having called together' (synkalesamenos) his relatives and close friends; in Acts 28:17 Paul sought 'to call together' (synkalesasthai) the Jewish leaders in Rome. Multilingual glosses uniformly confirm the convocational sense: French 'convoquer' (convoke), Hebrew 'qibbets/qara yachad/kinnes' (gathered/called together/assembled), Korean 'bulleo moeunda' (call and gather), Spanish 'reunir/convocar' (gather/convoke). 8×
AR["اِسْتَدْعَوْا","تَجْمَعُ","دَاعِيًا","دَعا","فَدَعا","يَجْمَعُ","يَجْمَعُونَ"]·ben["একত্র-ডেকে","একত্রিত-করিতে","একত্রিত-করে","একত্রিত-করেন","ডাকলেন","ডেকে-একত্র-করে","সহ-ডাকে"]·DE["zusammenrufen","Συνκαλεσάμενος","συνεκάλεσαν","συνκαλέσασθαι","συνκαλεσάμενος","συνκαλεῖ"]·EN["Having-called-together","called-together","having-called-together","he-calls-together","she-calls-together","they-call-together","to-call-together"]·FR["convoquer"]·heb["כִּנְסוּ","כִּנֵּס","קִבֵּץ","קָרָא","קָרָא-יַחַד","קוֹרְאִים","קוֹרֵא־יַחַד","קוֹרֵאת"]·HI["-इस्राएल-पुत्रों-की","इकट्ठा-करके","इकट्ठा-बुलाकर","बुलाकर","बुलाता-है","बुलाती-है","बुलाते-हैं","बुलाने"]·ID["Setelah-memanggil","memanggil","memanggil-bersama"]·IT["convocare","radunare"]·jav["Nimbali","ngundang","nimbali","sami-nimbali"]·KO["그-","불러-모아","불러-모은다","불러모으기를","함께-불러","함께-불러서"]·PT["Convocando","convoca","convocam","convocar"]·RU["Созвав","созвав","созвавший","созвали","созвать","созывает","созывают"]·ES["convocan","convocando","convocar","convocaron","habiendo-convocado","habiendo-reunido","reúne"]·SW["Akiwaita-pamoja","akakutana","akiwaita-pamoja","anawaita-pamoja","kuwaita","waliitisha","wanaiita"]·TR["Bir-araya-çağırarak","birlikte-çağıran","birlikte-çağırıp","birlikte-çağırır","topladılar","çağırmasını","çağırıyorlar"]·urd["اکٹھا-بلا-کر","بلا-کر","بلاتا-ہے","بلاتی-ہے","بلاتے-ہیں","بلانا","بُلایا","جمع-کر-کے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
συγκᾰλέω, future -καλέωRefs 8th c.BC+, Attic dialect -καλῶRefs 5th c.BC+ __1 call to council, convoke, convene, Refs 8th c.BC+:—middle, NT+5th c.BC+ __2 invite with others to a feast, σ. αὐτοῖς καὶ Ἀρτάβαζον Refs 5th c.BC+