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HebrewH7121Verb

קָרָא

qa.ra

648Occurrences
H7121Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 (קָרָא) through the idea of accosting a person met);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
call_to/invite/entreat 1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound 1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God) 1a3) to proclaim 1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read 1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow 1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to call oneself 1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named 1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

קָרָא appears 648 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
100
Isaiah
80
Jeremiah
57
1 Kings
37
Exodus
32
1 Samuel
30
Psalms
30
2 Kings
28

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:7BSB

So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.

2 Samuel 14:33BSB

So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.

Genesis 21:12BSB

But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

Isaiah 48:12BSB

Listen to Me, O Jacob,and Israel, whom I have called:I am He; I am the first,and I am the last.

Job 9:16BSB

If I summoned Him and He answered me,I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.