King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4292
Transliteration: prokaleomai
Phonetic Spelling: (prok-al-eh'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to call forth, challenge
Meaning: to call forth, challenge
προκαλέω, 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)).
Word 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)).