Lexical Summary prokaleomai: to call forth, challenge Original Word: προκαλέομαιTransliteration: prokaleomai Phonetic Spelling: (prok-al-eh'-om-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to call forth, challenge Meaning: to call forth, challenge Strong's Concordance provoke. Middle voice from pro and kaleo; to call forth to oneself (challenge), i.e. (by implication) to irritate -- provoke. see GREEK pro see GREEK kaleo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4292: προκαλέωπροκαλέω, προκάλω: present middle participle προκαλούμενος; to call forth (cf. πρό, d. α.); middle to call forth to oneself, especially to challenge to a combat or contest with one; often so from Homer down; hence, to provoke, to irritate: Galatians 5:26 ((εἰς ὠμότητα καί ὀργήν, Herodian, 7, 1, 11, 4 edition, Bekker)). |
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