"to call together, Mk. 15:16; Lk. 15:6, 9; Acts 5:21; mid. to call around one’s self, Lk. 9:1; 23:13; Acts 10:24; 28:17*"
Definition and meaning
to call together, Mk. 15:16; Lk. 15:6, 9; Acts 5:21; mid. to call around one’s self, Lk. 9:1; 23:13; Acts 10:24; 28:17*
In the original Greek the word is written: συγκαλέω
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of synkaleo (G4779) across the King James Bible.
And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
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Common questions
Strong's G4779 (synkaleo) is a Greek word that means: to call together, Mk. 15:16; Lk. 15:6, 9; Acts 5:21; mid. to call around one’s self, Lk. 9:1; 23:13; Acts 10:24; 28:17* It appears 8 times in the King James Bible.
The word synkaleo (G4779) appears 8 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4779 is synkaleo, a Greek word defined as: to call together, Mk. 15:16; Lk. 15:6, 9; Acts 5:21; mid. to call around one’s self, Lk. 9:1; 23:13; Acts 10:24; 28:17*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
synkaleo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.