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Lexicon :: Strong's H7122 - qārā'

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קָרָא
Transliteration
qārā'
Pronunciation
kaw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root, to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
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TWOT Reference: 2064

Strong’s Definitions

קָרָא qârâʼ, kaw-raw'; a primitive root; to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner:—befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H7122 in the following manner: befall (5x), come (4x), chance (2x), happened (2x), met (2x), fall out (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H7122 in the following manner: befall (5x), come (4x), chance (2x), happened (2x), met (2x), fall out (1x).

  1. to encounter, befall, meet

    1. (Qal)

      1. to meet, encounter

      2. to befall (fig)

    2. (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to meet

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָרָא qârâʼ, kaw-raw'; a primitive root; to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner:—befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.
STRONGS H7122: Abbreviations
II. [קָרָא]137 verb encounter, befall (|| form of קָרָה, which see.; SI4 לקרת to meet, opposite; Arabic bdb089601 put part to part; Minaean קרא set opposite, HomChrest. 127); —
Qal131 Perfect5 3rd person masculine singular suffix קְרָאַנִי Jeremiah 13:22; Job 4:14; 3rd person feminine singular קָרָאת Deuteronomy 31:29; Jeremiah 44:23, etc; Imperfect4 3rd person masculine singular יִקְרָא Genesis 49:1, suffix יִקְרָאֶנוּ Genesis 42:4; 3rd person feminine plural וַתִּקְרֶאנָה Leviticus 10:19; Exodus 1:10 read 3rd person feminine singular suffix תִּקְרָאֵנוּ (Sam Vrss Di Ges§ 47 k SoKau Baen); Infinitive construct121 לקְרַאת (Ges§ 19 k Ol§ 137),
[H7125 Genesis 15:10] +, etc.;
Participle feminine plural suffix קרְאִתַיִךְ Isaiah 51:19; —
[H7125 1. meet, encounter, only infinitive construct לִקְרַאת often= preposition toward, against (Köii. l, 317), almost always with accusative of person, after verb of motion, Isaiah 7:3; Genesis 19:1; Genesis 24:17; Judges 4:18, 22; 1 Kings 2:8] +; in war, battle, Judges 7:24; 20:25, 31; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Kings 20:27 +, after עָרַךְ 2 Samuel 10:9, 10, 17 +; Psalm 35:3 see סגר 2b; לְחַזֵּק לִבָּם לִק׳ הַמִּלְחָמָה Joshua 11:20 to harden their heart to encounter the war with Israel; after הִנֵּה (without verb of motion), 1 Samuel 10:10; 2 Samuel 15:32; 16:1; 1 Kings 18:7; Proverbs 7:10; in construction praegn. וַיִשְׂמַח לִק׳ Judges 19:3 he rejoiced to meet him, + [H8055 1 Samuel 6:13] (Greek Version of the LXX We Dr and others); חרד לִק׳ 2 Kings 10:15, נצב Exodus 5:20; 7:15; Numbers 22:34, etc.; redund. [redundant ?] לִק׳ יִקָּרֶה י׳ Numbers 23:3; implication of helping, Isaiah 21:14; Psalm 59:5 [Psalm 59:4] (figurative); נְחָשִׁים לִק׳ Numbers 24:1 he did not go to encounter (in expectation of) signs of divination; in metaphor Isaiah 14:9, || אֱםהֶי לִק׳ Amos 4:12].
2. figurative befall with accusative of person, bad sense Genesis 42:4, Genesis 42:38; Deuteronomy 31:29; Jeremiah 13:22; Jeremiah 44:23; Isaiah 51:19; Job 4:14; Leviticus 10:19; of war Exodus 1:10 (see above) in general, Genesis 49:1.
Niph. meet unexpectedly; Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִקְרָא, with עַל person Exodus 5:3; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּקָּרֵא, with לִפְנֵי person 2 Samuel 18:9; Perfect 2 Samuel 20:1 with שָׁם, chanced to be there; Imperfect of bird's nest 2 Samuel 20:1 (לִפְנֵי); Infinitive absolute נִקְרֹא see קרה.
Hiph. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular וַחַקְרֵא Jeremiah 32:23 thou didst cause all this evil to befall them (accusative of person and thing).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

42:4; 42:4; 42:38; 49:1; 49:1

Exodus

1:10; 1:10; 5:3

Leviticus

10:19; 10:19

Deuteronomy

22:6; 31:29; 31:29

2 Samuel

18:9; 20:1

Job

4:14; 4:14

Isaiah

51:19; 51:19

Jeremiah

13:22; 13:22; 32:23; 44:23; 44:23

H7122

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Strong's Number H7122 matches the Hebrew קָרָא (qārā'),
which occurs 37 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:4 - But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might happen to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:1 - Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:10 - Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:19 - And Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, today they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD, and yet such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten the sin offering today, would the LORD have approved?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6 - “If you come across a bird’s nest in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:29 - For I know that after my death you will surely act corruptly and turn aside from the way that I have commanded you. And in the days to come evil will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger through the work of your hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:1 - And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:14 - So they went up to the city. As they were entering the city, they saw Samuel coming out toward them on his way up to the high place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When they came to Gibeah,[fn] behold, a group of prophets met him, and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:10 - As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came. And Saul went out to meet him and greet him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:12 - And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - Samuel did what the LORD commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:2 - And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in line of battle against the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:21 - And Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:48 - When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:55 - As soon as Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - As they were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:1 - [fn] Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David, trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:28 - So Saul returned from pursuing after David and went against the Philistines. Therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20 - And as she rode on the donkey and came down under cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:32 - And David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - For as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:21 - Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and who had been left at the brook Besor. And they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near to the people he greeted them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - And the young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear, and behold, the chariots and the horsemen were close upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:9 - And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak,[fn] and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:1 - Now there happened to be there a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said,
“We have no portion in David,
and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;
every man to his tents, O Israel!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:14 - dread came upon me, and trembling,
which made all my bones shake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 - These two things have happened to you—
who will console you?—
devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
who will comfort you?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:22 - And if you say in your heart,
‘Why have these things come upon me?’
it is for the greatness of your iniquity
that your skirts are lifted up
and you suffer violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:23 - And they entered and took possession of it. But they did not obey your voice or walk in your law. They did nothing of all you commanded them to do. Therefore you have made all this disaster come upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:23 - It is because you made offerings and because you sinned against the LORD and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies that this disaster has happened to you, as at this day.”
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