εἰσκαλέω
eiskaléō · G1528 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to invite in
To invite a person in as a guest
ExamplesActs 10:23 So he invited them in and gave them lodging. Now on the next day he got ready and went away with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ὑποδέχομαι hypodéchomai · G5264 · to welcome, to receive, to accept
- ὑποδέχομαι specifically refers to receiving someone as a guest or host, closely related to the hospitality context of εἰσκαλέω. While εἰσκαλέω emphasizes the invitation to enter, ὑποδέχομαι emphasizes the reception and entertainment, making them near synonyms in the hospitality semantic field.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἐκβάλλω ekbállō · G1544 · to throw out, to jettison (from a boat), to send away
- ἐκβάλλω represents the lexical opposite action to εἰσκαλέω: whereas εἰσκαλέω means to invite someone in (εἰς = in), ἐκβάλλω means to cast someone out (ἐκ = out). The directional prefixes and resulting meanings are antithetical.
In the other Testament 1 word
- קָרָא qârâʼ · H7121 · to cry out, to read, to recite
- The standard Hebrew verb for calling or inviting, used in contexts of hospitality and summoning guests (e.g., Gen 19:5). While קָרָא is broader than εἰσκαλέω (not specifically 'invite in'), it is the natural Hebrew equivalent a translator would use for the concept of inviting someone (into one's home or presence).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To invite in33.316
- In Acts 10:23, Cornelius' messengers, having called Peter in, were given lodging, this verb naming the act of formally inviting someone to enter and stay.
Word family 18 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐισκαλοῦμαι (middle of εἰσκαλέω): 1 aorist participle εἰσκαλεσάμενος; to call in unto…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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