- Transliteration: Prokaleomai

- Phonetic: prok-al-eh'-om-ahee

- Definition:

1. to call forth

2. to call forth to one's self

a. esp. to challenge to a combat or contest with one

3. to provoke, to irritate

- Origin: middle voice from G4253" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4253 and G2564" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2564

- TDNT entry: 3:496,*

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: Middle voice from G4253" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4253 and G2564" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2564; to call forth to oneself (challenge) that is (by implication) to irritate: - provoke.