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HebrewH7122Verb

קָרָא

qa.ra

125Occurrences
H7122Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
meet 1) to encounter, befall, meet 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to meet, encounter 1a2) to befall (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

קָרָא appears 125 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
18
2 Kings
16
Genesis
13
2 Samuel
11
Judges
11
Exodus
9
Numbers
9
1 Kings
6

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 19:5BSB

When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”

1 Samuel 4:1BSB

Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel.Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.

2 Samuel 15:32BSB

When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.

Genesis 24:17BSB

So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”

Jeremiah 32:23BSB

They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.

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