κλῆσις, -εως, ἡ (καλέω)
[in LXX: Jer.31:6 (קָרָא), Jdth.12:10 A, 3Ma.5:14 * ;]
a calling, call; in NT, always of the Divine call to salvation: Rom.11:29, 1Co.1:26 7:20, Eph.1:18 4:1, 4, Php.3:14, 2Th.1:11, 2Ti.1:9, Heb.3:1, 2Pe.1:10 (Cremer, 332).†
(AS)