CALL

Call. Call
(1.) To cry for help, hence to pray (Gen. 4:26). Thus men are said to “call upon the name of the Lord” (Acts 2:21; 7:59; 9:14; Rom. 10:12; 1 Cor. 1:2).

(2.) God calls with respect to men when he designates them to some special office (Ex. 31:2; Isa. 22:20; Acts 13:2), and when he invites them to accept his offered grace (Matt. 9:13; 11:28; 22:4).

In the message of the gospel his call is addressed to all men, to Jews and Gentiles alike (Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:15; Rom. 9:24, 25). But this universal call is not inseparably connected with salvation, although it leaves all to whom it comes inexcusable if they reject it (John 3:14-19; Matt. 22:14).

An effectual call is something more than the outward message of the Word of God to men. It is internal, and is the result of the enlightening and sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit (John 16:14; Acts 26: 18; John 6:44), effectually drawing men to Christ, and disposing and enabling them to receive the truth (John 6:45; Acts 16:14; Eph. 1:17).

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CALL. → PERSONAL
* By Christ Isa 55:5

→ TO SPECIAL RELIGIOUS DUTY
* OF ABRAHAM Ge 12:1-3; Isa 51:2; Heb 11:8
* MOSES Ex 3:2,4,10; 4:1-16; Ps 105:26; Ac 7:34,35
* AARON AND HIS SONS Ex 4:14-16
* See above, and Ps 105:26; Ex 28:1; Heb 5:4
* JOSHUA Nu 27:18,19,22,23; De 31:14,23; Jos 1:1-9
* GIDEON Jud 6:11-16
* SAMUEL 1Sa 3:4-10
* SOLOMON 1Ch 28:6,10
* JEHU 2Ki 9:6,7; 2Ch 22:7
* CYRUS Isa 45:1-4
* AMOS Am 7:14,15
* APOSTLES Mt 4:18-22; 9:9; Mr 1:16,17; 2:14; 3:13-19; Lu 5:27; 6:13-15; Joh 15:16
* THE RICH YOUNG MAN Mr 10:21,22
* PAUL Ac 9:4-6,15,16; 13:2,3; Ro 1:1; 1Co 1:1; 2Co 1:1; Ga 1:1; Eph 1:1; Col 1:1; 1Ti 1:1; 2Ti 1:1
* ALL WHO ARE CALLED OF GOD Ro 8:30; 1Co 1:2,9,24; 1Th 2:11,12; 2Th 2:13,14; 2Ti 1:9; Heb 3:1,2,7,8; 1Pe 5:10; 2Pe 1:3,10; Jude 1:1; Re 17:14
* See MINISTERS, CALL OF
* See BACKSLIDERS
* See SEEKERS>

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call. Call, v.t. to name, invite, publish, susmmon, read

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Call (ka̤l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Called (ka̤ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Calling] [[OE. callen, AS. ceallian; akin to Icel. & Sw. kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen to talk, prate, OHG. kallōn to call; cf. Gr. γηρύειν to speak, sing, Skr. gar to praise. Cf. Garrulous.]] 1. 1. To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain Shak. 2. 2. To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; — often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church.
Paul . . . called to be an apostle Rom. i. 1. The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. Acts xiii. 2. 3. 3. To invite or command to meet; to convoke; — often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
Now call we our high court of Parliament. Shak. 4. 4. To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.
If you would but call me Rosalind. Shak. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. Gen. i. 5. 5. 5. To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.
What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. Acts x. 15. 6. 6. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work.
army is called seven hundred thousand men. Brougham. 7. 7. To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of.
This speech calls him Spaniard. Beau. & Fl. 8. 8. To utter in a loud or distinct voice; — often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company.
No parish clerk who calls the psalm so clear. Gay. 9. 9. To invoke; to appeal to.
I call God for a witness. 2 Cor. i. 23 10. 10. To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
If thou canst awake by four o' the clock. I prithee call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly. Shak. To call a bond, to give notice that the amount of the bond will be paid. — To call a party (Law), to cry aloud his name in open court, and command him to come in and perform some duty requiring his presence at the time on pain of what may befall him. — To call back, to revoke or retract; to recall; to summon back. — To call down, to pray for, as blessing or curses. — To call forth, to bring or summon to action; as, to call forth all the faculties of the mind. — To call in, (a) To collect; as, to call in debts or money; ar to withdraw from cirulation; as, to call in uncurrent coin. (b) To summon to one's side; to invite to come together; as, to call in neighbors. — To call (any one) names, to apply contemptuous names (to any one). — To call off, to summon away; to divert; as, to call off the attention; to call off workmen from their employment. — To call out. (a) To summon to fight; to challenge. (b) To summon into service; as, to call out the militia. — To call over, to recite separate particulars in order, as a roll of names. — To call to account, to demand explanation of. — To call to mind, to recollect; to revive in memory. — To call to order, to request to come to order; as: (a) A public meeting, when opening it for business. (b) A person, when he is transgressing the rules of debate. — To call to the bar, to admit to practice in courts of law. — To call up. (a) To bring into view or recollection; as to call up the image of deceased friend. (b) To bring into action or discussion; to demand the consideration of; as, to call up a bill before a legislative body. Syn. — To name; denominate; invite; bid; summon; convoke; assemble; collect; exhort; warn; proclaim; invoke; appeal to; designate. — To Call, Convoke, Summon. Call is the generic term; as, to call a public meeting. To convoke is to require the assembling of some organized body of men by an act of authority; as, the king convoked Parliament. To summon is to require attendance by an act more or less stringent anthority; as, to summon a witness.