{"def":{"short":"to call toward oneself, i.e., summon, invite","long":["to call to","to call to one's self","to bid to come to one's self","metaphorically",["God is said to call to himself the Gentiles, aliens as they are from him, by inviting them, through the preaching of the gospel unto fellowship with himself in the Messiah's kingdom","Christ and the Holy Sprit are said to call to themselves those preachers of the gospel to whom they have decided to entrust a service having reference to the extension of the gospel"]]},"deriv":"middle voice from G4314 and G2564","pronun":{"ipa":"pros.kɑˈlɛ.o.mɛ","ipa_mod":"prows.kɑˈle̞.ow.me","sbl":"proskaleomai","dic":"prose-ka-LEH-oh-meh","dic_mod":"prose-ka-LAY-oh-may"},"see":["G2564","G4314"]}