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(6)
6
, “to take or receive,” is found with the noun
$
,
“remembrance,” in 2 Tim. 1:5;
RV
, “having been reminded” (lit., “having received
remembrance”), for
KJV
, “when I call to remembrance.”
(7) In Acts 10:15 and 11:9,
, “to make common” (
RV
) is translated “call
common” in the
KJV
.
(8) For
, “to call unto,” see
SPEAK
, No. 12.
B. Noun.
(
, 2821), “a calling” (akin to A, No. 1), is always used in the NT of that
“calling” the origin, nature and destiny of which are heavenly (the idea of invitation
being implied); it is used especially of God’s invitation to man to accept the benefits of
salvation, Rom. 11:29; 1 Cor. 1:26; 7:20 (said there of the condition in which the
“calling” finds one); Eph. 1:18, “His calling”; Phil. 3:14, the “high calling”; 2 Thess. 1:11
and 2 Pet. 1:10, “your calling”; 2 Tim. 1:9, a “holy calling”; Heb. 3:1, a “heavenly
calling”; Eph. 4:1, “the calling wherewith ye were called”; 4:4, “in one hope of your
calling.” See
VOCATION
.¶
C. Adjective.
(
, 2822), “called, invited,” is used, (a) “of the call of the gospel,” Matt.
20:16; 22:14, not there “an effectual call,” as in the Epistles, Rom. 1:1, 6-7; 8:28; 1 Cor.
1:2, 24; Jude 1; Rev. 17:14; in Rom. 1:7 and 1 Cor. 1:2 the meaning is “saints by
calling”; (b) of “an appointment to apostleship,” Rom. 1:1; 1 Cor. 1:1.¶
CALM
(
)
, 1055) primarily signifies “calmness, cheerfulness” (from a root
, from which
, “to smile,” is also derived, hence the “calm” of the sea, the
smiling ocean being a favorite metaphor of the poets), Matt. 8:26; Mark 4:39; Luke
8:24.¶
CALVARY
(
$
&
, 2898),
, “a head” (Eng., “cranium”), a diminutive of
,
denotes “a skull” (Latin
2
), Matt. 27:33; Mark 15:22; Luke 23:33; John 19:17. The
corresponding Aramaic word is
5
(Heb.
$
, see Judg. 9:53; 2 Kings
9:35).¶
For
CAME
see
COME
CAMEL
(
1
, 2574), from a Hebrew word signifying “a bearer, carrier,” is used
in proverbs to indicate (a) “something almost or altogether impossible,” Matt. 19:24, and
parallel passages, (b) “the acts of a person who is careful not to sin in trivial details, but
pays no heed to more important matters,” Matt. 23:24.
For
CAMP
see
ARMY
CAN (CANST, COULD, CANNOT)
1.
$
(
"
, 1410); see
ABILITY
, B, No. 1.
2.
$
(
* "
, 2480) is translated “I can do” in Phil. 4:13; see
ABLE
, B, No. 4.