ἐπι-καλέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for קָרָא;]
1. to call, name, surname: c. acc (cl.), Mt 10:25; pass., Ac 1:234:3610:5, 18, 3211:1312:12, 25, He 11:16; τ. ὄνομα, seq. ἐπί (denoting possession, as Heb.. עַלנִקְרָאשֵׁם.), Ac 15:17(LXX), Ja 2:7 (see. CB on Am 9:12).
2. Mid. (so also act.; cl., LXX), to call upon, invoke, appeal to (θεόν, θεούς, Hdt., Xen., al.; cf. Deiss., LAE, 426): Καίσαρα (Σεβαστόν, Ac 25:25), Ac 25:11, 12, 2126:3228:19; sc. τ. Κύριον Ἰησοῦν, Ac 7:59; μάρτυρα (cl.) τ. θεόν, II Co 1:23; πατέρα, I Pe 1:17; τ. κύριον, Ro 10:12, II Ti 2:22; τ. ὄνομα κυρίου (μου, σου; like Heb.בְּשֵׁםיְהֹוָהקָרָא), Ac 2:21(LXX)Ac 9:14, 2122:16, Ro 10:13, 14(LXX)I Co 1:2 (Cremer, 335, 742).†