sugkaleo denotes summoning people into a gathered group, whether friends, leaders, a council, or a larger body.

The attested use consistently concerns bringing specified people into an assembly: friends and neighbours celebrate recovered property in Luke 15:6 and Luke 15:9, while leaders, councils, soldiers, kin, and the twelve are summoned for meetings or actions in Acts 5:21, Luke 23:13, Luke 9:1, Mark 15:16, Acts 10:24, and Acts 28:17.

1. Summoning a group into assembly · dominant

   The verb marks the gathering of named groups for a shared occasion or purpose. In Luke 15:6 and Luke 15:9 the APB renders the action as calling friends and neighbours together to rejoice; in Acts 5:21, Luke 23:13, Luke 9:1, and Mark 15:16 it introduces the assembling of a council, public leaders and people, the twelve, or the whole band.

   Luke 15:6Luke 15:9Acts 5:21Luke 23:13Luke 9:1Mark 15:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB regularly presents the action with "called together," including gatherings of friends, kin, leaders, councils, and soldiers. In Acts 28:17 it likewise says that the leading men "had assembled" after the calling action; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.