Strong's #1941: epikaleomai (pronounced ep-ee-kal-eh'-om-ahee)

middle voice from 1909 and 2564; to entitle; by implication, to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.):--appeal (unto), call (on, upon), surname.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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epikaleomai

1) to put a name upon, to surname

1a) to permit one' s self to be surnamed

2) to be named after someone

3) to call something to one

3a) to cry out upon or against one

3b) to charge something to one as a crime or reproach

3c) to summon one on any charge, prosecute one for a crime

3d) to blame one for, accuse one of

4) to invoke

4a) to call upon for one' s self, in one' s behalf

4a1) any one as a helper

4a2) as my witness

4a3) as my judge

4a4) to appeal unto

5) to call upon by pronouncing the name of Jehovah

5a) an expression finding its explanation in the fact that prayers addressed to God ordinarily began with an invocation of the divine name

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: middle voice from G1909 and G2564

Usage:

This word is used 32 times:

 

Matthew 10:3: "son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus whose surname was Thaddaeus;"
Luke 22:3: "Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the"
Acts 1:23: "called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias."
Acts 2:21: "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name"
Acts 4:36: "by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son"
Acts 7:59: "And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus,"
Acts 9:14: "chief priests to bind all that call on thy name."
Acts 9:21: "not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem,"
Acts 10:5: "call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:"
Acts 10:18: "and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there."
Acts 10:32: "call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in"
Acts 11:13: "and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;"
Acts 12:12: "the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were"
Acts 12:25: "and took with them John, whose surname was Mark."
Acts 15:17: "upon whom my name is called, saith"
Acts 15:22: "and Barnabas: namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief"
Acts 22:16: "wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord."
Acts 25:11: "deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar."
Acts 25:12: "the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go."
Acts 25:21: "But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing"
Acts 25:25: "that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him."
Acts 26:32: "have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar."
Acts 28:19: "Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had"
Romans 10:12: "is rich unto all that call upon him."
Romans 10:13: "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord"
Romans 10:14: "How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and"
1 Corinthians 1:2: "that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ"
2 Corinthians 1:23: "Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul,"
2 Timothy 2:22: "charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure"
Hebrews 11:16: "God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared"
James 2:7: "name by the which ye are called?"
1 Peter 1:17: "And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's"