κλῆσις, -εως, ἡ (καλέω),
[in LXX: Je 38 (31):6 (קרא), Jth 12:10 A, III Mac 5:14*;]
a calling, call; in NT, always of the Divine call to salvation: Ro 11:29, I Co 1:267:20, Eph 1:184:1, 4, Phl 3:14, II Th 1:11, II Ti 1:9, He 3:1, II Pe 1:10 (Cremer, 332).†