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Lexicon :: Strong's H7121 - qārā'

Aa
קָרָא
Transliteration
qārā'
Pronunciation
kaw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [rather identical with קָרָא (H7122) through the idea of accosting a person met]
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TWOT Reference: 2063

Strong’s Definitions

קָרָא qârâʼ, kaw-raw'; a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications):—bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 735x

The KJV translates Strong's H7121 in the following manner: call (528x), cried (98x), read (38x), proclaim (36x), named (7x), guests (4x), invited (3x), gave (3x), renowned (3x), bidden (2x), preach (2x), miscellaneous (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 735x
The KJV translates Strong's H7121 in the following manner: call (528x), cried (98x), read (38x), proclaim (36x), named (7x), guests (4x), invited (3x), gave (3x), renowned (3x), bidden (2x), preach (2x), miscellaneous (11x).

  1. to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim

    1. (Qal)

      1. to call, cry, utter a loud sound

      2. to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)

      3. to proclaim

      4. to read aloud, read (to oneself), read

      5. to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow

      6. to call, name, give name to, call by

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to call oneself

      2. to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named

    3. (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָרָא qârâʼ, kaw-raw'; a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications):—bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
STRONGS H7121: Abbreviations
I. קָרָא 724 verb call, proclaim, read (Late Hebrew id., read aloud, read; Phoenician קרא call; Arabic bdb089407 read aloud, recite (the ‘Ḳoŕān’), bdb089408 the Ḳoŕān; Aramaic קְלרא, bdb089409 call, etc., so Old Aramaic קרא, Nabatean id., Palmyrene id., קרה); —
Qal655 Perfect ק׳ Genesis 11:9 +, 3rd person feminine singular consecutive וְקָרָזת Isaiah 7:14 (Ges§ 74 g); 2nd person masculine singular קָרָאתָ Judges 12:1 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִקְרָא Genesis 2:19 +; suffix יִקְרְאוֺ Jeremiah 23:6, אֵהוּ - Isaiah 41:2; +; 1st person singular אֶקְרָא Deuteronomy 32:3 +, וָאֶקְרָאֶר 1 Samuel 28:15 (Ges§ 48 d NesMarg. 15); 3rd person feminine plural וַתִּקְרֶאנָה Ruth 4:17 (twice in verse), וַתִּקְרֶאןָ Numbers 25:2; 2nd person feminine plural תִּקְרֶאנָה Ruth 1:20, 21, etc.; Imperative masculine singular קְרָא Judges 7:3 +, suffix קְרָאֵנִי Psalm 50:15, etc.; Infinitive construct קְרָא 1 Samuel 3:6 +, קְראֹות (Baer ־אֹת) Judges 8:1 (Ges§ 74h); suffix קָרְאִי Psalm 4:2 +, etc.; Participle active קוֺרֵא Amos 5:8 +, קֹרֵא Jeremiah 1:15 +; plural קֹרִאים Psalm 99:6 (Ges§§ 74i; 75 oo); passive קָרוּא Esther 5:12; plural קְרוּאִים 1 Samuel 9:22; Ezekiel 23:23, קְרֻאִים 1 Samuel 9:13 +; construct קְרוּאֵי Numbers 1:16 Qr (Kt קריאי), Numbers 26:9 Kt (Qr קְרִיאֵי, see קָרִיא); —
1.
a. call, cry, utter a loud sound, Judges 9:7; 2 Samuel 18:25 (in 2 Samuel 18:28 read וַיִּקְרַב We, confirmed by LXX of Lucian (Lag.) so Dr and all recent Comm.), Jeremiah 4:6; Daniel 8:16 (all + אמר), 2 Kings 7:11 (on text see Kit Benz), Isaiah 6:4; for help Genesis 39:15, 18 (J); of pleading in court Isaiah 59:4 (ב of manner); explicitly בְּקוֺל גְּדוֺל Genesis 39:14 (J), 1 Kings 18:27, 28; 2 Kings 18:28 = Isaiah 36:13 2 Chronicles 32:18, קוֺל גָּדוֺל Ezekiel 9:1 (+ בְּאָצְנֵי); with אַחֲרֵי person 1 Samuel 20:37 (+ אָמַר), 1 Samuel 24:8 (Gi; 1 Samuel 24:9 van d. H. Baer; + לֵאמֹר), Jeremiah 12:6.
b. call cry, object in oratio recta [direct speech] Judges 7:20; 1 Samuel 3:4 (read שְׁמוּאֵל שְׁמוּאֵל; Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS), 1 Samuel 3:6 (compare Greek Version of the LXX), 1 Samuel 3:8 (against accents), 1 Samuel 3:10 (see שְׁמוּאֵל), 1 Samuel 20:38; 2 Samuel 20:16; 2 Kings 11:14; Jeremiah 20:8; Leviticus 13:45; = utter, speak Jeremiah 36:18; of command Genesis 45:1 (E).
2.
a. call unto some one: אֶל person (often + אָמַר; sometimes with מִן local), Genesis 3:9; Genesis 19:5; Exodus 3:4; Isaiah 6:3 + often; with עַל (for אֶל) of satyrs Isaiah 34:14 (so Vrss Ges CheComm. and others > recent Comm. from II. קָרָא or קָרָה which (in Qal) always take accusative); unto (אֶלׅ י׳ (God), in praise Psalm 66:17; 1 Chronicles 4:10, usually for help, Judges 15:18; 1 Samuel 12:17, 18; Hosea 7:7 + Hosea 3:5; Hosea 4:4 +, + עַל person against Deuteronomy 15:9; Deuteronomy 24:15; to (לׅ י׳ (God) Job 14:14; Psalm 57:3; Psalm 141:1; to (ל) a servant (for service) 2 Kings 4:36; Job 19:16, so (אֶל) 2 Samuel 1:15; call to (ל) one Jeremiah 3:4 (+ oratio recta [direct speech]), Lamentations 4:15 (id.), Proverbs 2:3 (לְבִינָה); subject י׳ Micah 6:9; Jeremiah 35:17.
b. cry for help, absolute, (in poetry and late) Zechariah 7:13; Isaiah 58:9; Isaiah 65:24; Job 5:1; Job 9:16; Proverbs 21:13; Psalm 4:2; Psalm 20:10 + 10 times Psalms (Psalm 147:9 of young ravens); בֵּאָזְנֵי Ezekiel 8:18.
c. בְּשֵׁם י׳ ק׳ call with name of י׳ (i.e. use it in invocation): Genesis 4:26; Genesis 12:8; 2 Kings 5:11; Jeremiah 10:25 = Psalm 79:6 + 16 times (1 Kings 18:24 of specific appeal to י׳ to display his power), + Isaiah 65:1 (see Pu.); with name of Baal 1 Kings 18:24, 25, 26.
d. late, with accusative dei Isaiah 43:22; Psalm 14:4 + 4 times Psalms; absolute Psalm 116:2.
3. proclaim:
a. with accusative of thing procl. Amos 4:5; Genesis 41:43; Deuteronomy 15:2; Jeremiah 31:6; Leviticus 25:10 +; צוֺם ק׳ proclaim a fast 1 Kings 21:9, 12; Jeremiah 36:9 +, מוֺעֲדֵי י׳ ק׳ Leviticus 23:2, 4; ק׳ followed by oratio recta [direct speech] Exodus 34:6, etc.; followed by ל person Jeremiah 34:8, 15, 17 (twice in verse); Isaiah 61:1, עַל person (against, concerning) 1 Kings 13:4, 32; Jeremiah 49:29; Lamentations 1:15; proclaim peace to (ל person) Judges 21:13; compare אֵלֶיהָ לְשָׁלוֺם ק׳ Deuteronomy 20:10; ק׳ with accusative of congnate meaning with verb מִקְרָא Isaiah 1:13, הַקְּרִיאָה Jonah 3:2 (+ אֶל).
b. שֵׁם י׳ ק׳ Deuteronomy 32:3; Psalm 99:6; so (earlier) בְשֵׁם י׳ ק׳ Exodus 33:19; Exodus 34:5 (JE); compare בְּשֵׁם יַעֲקֹב ק׳ Isaiah 44:5 (but read יִקָּרֵא, Lo Che and most).
c. עֲלֵי בֵּשׁ׳ ק׳ Psalm 49:12 proclaim (with) name over landed estates, claim possession (Hup Bae); proclaim one's own name Ruth 4:11 = become famous; passive participle proclaimed, i.e. renowned Ezekiel 23:23.
d. absolute make proclamation (sometimes + אָמַר, לֵאמֹר) Judges 7:3; Jeremiah 2:2 (בְּאָוְנֵי) Zechariah 1:14, 17; Jonah 3:4; Isaiah 40:3, 6 +, with עַל concerning Nehemiah 6:7, against 1 Kings 13:2; Jonah 1:3.
†4.
a. read aloud, often בְּאָוְבֵי, less often לפְנֵי, with ב of roll, book Jeremiah 36:6, 8, 14; Nehemiah 8:3, 8; Nehemiah 9:3; 2 Chronicles 34:18, + accusative of words Jeremiah 36:8, 10; object omitted Exodus 24:7 (E) Jeremiah 36:15; with acc of roll, book Jeremiah 36:15; Jeremiah 36:21; Jeremiah 51:63; 2 Kings 22:10; 2 Chronicles 34:24, of letter (סֵפֶר), writing 2 Kings 5:7; Isaiah 29:11, 12; Jeremiah 29:29, columns of manuscript Jeremiah 36:23; with accusative of words Joshua 8:34, 35; Jeremiah 36:6; Jeremiah 51:61; 2 Kings 23:2 2 Chronicles 34:30, compare Deuteronomy 31:11.
b. read, to oneself, in (ב) a roll, book, Deuteronomy 17:19; Nehemiah 8:18, so of vision written on tablets Habakkuk 2:2; with accusative of letter (סֵפֶר) 2 Kings 19:14 = Isaiah 37:14, book 2 Kings 22:8; absolute Isaiah 34:16.
c. read, for hear read, 2 Kings 22:16.
5. summon: usually
a. with ל person: Genesis 12:18; Genesis 20:8, 9; Numbers 22:5, 20, 37; Judges 8:1; 1 Samuel 3:5, 6, 8 (twice in verse) + often (with about + 100 times), + ל reflexive 1 Kings 1:28, 32, + אֶל location Exodus 19:20, + אֶל person 2 Samuel 9:2, + infinitive purpose Joshua 24:9; Judges 12:1; Judges 14:16; 1 Samuel 28:15, + מִן local Hosea 11:1; Judges 4:6; + בִּשְׁמֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 45:4 summon by thy name; specifically summon = invite (especially to feast) Exodus 34:15; Judges 14:15)+ infinitive purpose) 1 Samuel 16:3)+ בַּזָּבַ֑ח, read probably לַזּ׳ see HPS), 1 Samuel 16:5)+ לַזּ׳), 1 Kings 19:26 + (approximately + 17 times).
b. with אֶל person Exodus 10:24; Joshua 4:4; Joshua 10:24; 1 Kings 13:21 + (about + 20 times); אֶל person + ל person (different persons in same relation) Exodus 8:21; Jeremiah 42:8; = call for (demand to see), with אֶל person 2 Kings 18:18; with ל of thing = demand, require Proverbs 18:6; compare Proverbs 27:16 (probably corrupt, see Toy).
c. with accusative of person Genesis 41:8, 14; Exodus 2:7)+ ל person), Exodus 2:7; Amos 5:16)+ אֶל of thing), Isaiah 13:3 (ל of thing), 1 Samuel 3:16; 1 Samuel 22:11 + (about. + 33 times), insert וַיַקְרָא in this sense also 2 Samuel 15:12 LXX of Lucian (Lag.) We Dr and most; + infinitive purpose Numbers 24:10, מִמִּוְרָח עַיִט ק׳ Isaiah 46:11; in weakened sense (to bring response, or bring person near) Songs 5:6; specifically invite, 1 Samuel 9:24 (but corrupt, see especially HPS), 1 Kings 1:9 (also + ל, MT), 1 Kings 1:10; 1 Kings 12:20 (+ אֶל location), Deuteronomy 33:19 (accusative of location); אֲנִי קָרוּא לָהּ Esther 5:12, passive participle elsewhere plural, invited ones, guests 1 Samuel 9:13, 22; 2 Samuel 15:11; 1 Kings 1:41, 49; Zephaniah 1:7; Proverbs 9:18; invite or summon (accusative of person) for help, succour, Hosea 7:11; usually object י׳ (in poetry and late) Jeremiah 29:12; 2 Samuel 22:4, 7 = Psalm 18:4; Psalm 18:7; Isaiah 55:6; Lamentations 3:57; Job 27:10; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 86:5 + 8 times Psalms, accusative שֵׁם י׳ Lamentations 3:55; accusative חכמה Proverbs 1:28.
d. absolute call, summon Amos 7:4 (+ ל of thing), Isaiah 22:12 (id.), 1 Samuel 3:5, 6; Zechariah 7:13; י׳ (God) Isaiah 52:2; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4; Job 13:22; Job 14:15, קְרוּאֵי הָעֵדָה Numbers 1:17 Qr (Kt קְרִיאֵי), Numbers 26:9 Kt (Qr קְרִיאֵי !)
e. call and commission, appoint, accusative of person, Isaiah 48:15; Isaiah 49:1, + בְּשֵׁם by name, specifically, Exodus 31:2; Exodus 35:30; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 45:3.
f. call and endow (with privilege) Isaiah 51:2; Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 55:5.
6. call=name:
a. (early and most common usage), call one's name (שֵׁם) so and so, 2 accusative: of person Genesis 3:20; Genesis 4:25, 26; Genesis 5:2, 3, 29; + 34 times Genesis; Exodus 2:10, 22; Hosea 1:4, 6, 9; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 8:3; Isaiah 9:5 + 10 times (Jeremiah 46:17 read קִרְאוּ שֵׁם Greek Version of the LXX Gie and others); of places, etc., Genesis 4:17; Genesis 11:9 + 17 times Genesis; Judges 1:17, 26; Judges 2:5; Judges 15:19; Judges 18:29 + 21 times
b. with accusative of appellation ony, Ezekiel 39:11.
c. accusative of person or location + accusative appellative Hosea 2:18; Deuteronomy 3:14; Jeremiah 23:6; Isaiah 58:5; Numbers 32:41.
d. accusative of person + clause Psalm 89:27.
e. = give name to, accusative appellation + ל person (location, or thing):
(1) person Hosea 2:18; Genesis 35:18; 1 Samuel 4:21; Jeremiah 3:19; Jeremiah 30:17; Jeremiah 33:16 +9 times;
(2) location, or thing, Judges 18:12; 2 Samuel 2:16; 2 Samuel 5:9; 2 Samuel 6:8; Joshua 22:34 (name lost, Syriac Version Hebrew Manuscripts Ins. עֵד; compare Di Steuern), Genesis 1:5 (twice in verse); Genesis 1:8; Genesis 2:19 (twice in verse); Exodus 33:7 + 30 times + Job 17:14 (ל + sentence including name).
f. with בְּשֵׁם + ל Isaiah 40:26, compare Isaiah 65:11 (שֵׁם אַחֵר), Psalm 147:4 (שֵׁמוֺת), Ruth 4:17 (שֵׁם + לֵאמֹר), Genesis 2:20; Genesis 26:18 (twice in verse) (all with שֵׁם).
g. with ל of thing + עַלאשֵׁם 2 Samuel 18:16.
h. call by ב names the names (accusative) of cities Numbers 32:38; call to (ב) city, + appelll., + בִּשְׁמוֺ Numbers 32:42.
i. call cities (accusative) בְּשֵׁם, i.e, specify them, Joshua 21:9; 1 Chronicles 6:50 (בְּשֵׁמוֺת).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִקְרָא Jeremiah 4:20 +, 1st person singular נִקְרֵאתִי Esther 4:11, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִקָּרֵא Genesis 2:23 +, וַיִּקָּרֵא Ezekiel 20:29 +, etc.; Participle נִקְרָא Isaiah 43:7; Jeremiah 44:26; plural נִקְרָאִים Isaiah 48:1; Esther 6:1; —
1. reflexive, מֵעִיר הַקֹּדֶשׁ נִק׳ Isaiah 48:2 from the holy city they call themselves.
2. passive be called:
a. be proclaimed (compare Qal 3), of שֵׁם י׳ Jeremiah 44:26 (בְּפֶה instrumental); of man's name = be famous Ruth 4:14; = be announced Jeremiah 4:20.
b. be read aloud compare Qal 4): impersonal with ב of book, + בְּאָוְנֵי Nehemiah 13:1; subject records Esther 6:1 (לפְנֵי).
c. be summoned (compare Qal 5: Isaiah 31:4 (עַל against); Esther 3:12; Esther 4:11 (twice in verse); verse); 8: 9; + בְּשֵׁם, i.e. specifically, Esther 2:14,
d. be named (compare Qal 6.):
(1) appell. subject + ל person Genesis 2:23 to her shall be called 'woman', 1 Samuel 9:9; Isaiah 32:5; Isaiah 62:4, 12; Proverbs 16:21; + ל location 2 Samuel 18:18; Isaiah 1:26; Isaiah 35:8; Jeremiah 19:6.
(2) וְנִקְרָא שְׁמוֺ ונו׳ Deuteronomy 25:10, so Genesis 35:10; Daniel 10:1; Ezekiel 20:29 (of place); אֶתשִֿׁמְךָ Ezekiel 20:29.
(3) וגו׳ וְנִקְרְאָה יְרוּשׁ׳ Zechariah 8:3, so land Deuteronomy 3:18, temple Isaiah 56:7.
(4) especially עַל נִקְרָא שֵׁם י׳, denoting ownership, of person Jeremiah 15:16, people Deuteronomy 28:10; Jeremiah 14:9; Amos 9:12; Isaiah 63:19; 2 Chronicles 7:14, ark 2 Samuel 6:2 (strike out 2nd שֵׁם Greek Version of the LXX We Dr and others), = 1 Chronicles 13:6 (adding עָלָיו Oettli Kau; > KitHpt שְׁמוֺ שָׁם), temple 1 Kings 8:43 2 Chronicles 6:33; Jeremiah 7:10, 11, 14, 30; Jeremiah 32:34; Jeremiah 34:15, city Jeremiah 25:29; Daniel 9:18, city + people Daniel 9:19; so name of man 2 Samuel 12:28, as given to his wife Isaiah 4:1
(5) be called עַל שֵׁם, i.e. reckoned to, Genesis 48:6; Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 61:6; עַלאשֵׁבֶט 1 Chronicles 23:14, compare Ezra 2:61 = Nehemiah 7:63.
(6) be called בְּשֵׁם Isaiah 43:7; Isaiah 48:1.
(7) ךְָָ זָ֑רַע בְּיִצְתָק יִקּ׳ Genesis 21:12, i.e. in (through) יִצ׳ shall seed be reckoned to three; וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי Genesis 48:16 through them shall my name be called, i.e. perpetuated.
(8) be named = menationed, of person Isaiah 14:20
(9) subject שֵׁם Ecclesiastes 6:10, i.e. thing is known.
† Pu. (Ezekiel and Isa 2) Perfect 3rd person masculine singular קֹרָא be called, subject appell. + ל person or of thing = be named, Isaiah 48:8; Ezekiel 10:13 (קוֺ׳); וְקֹרָא consecutive Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 61:3; Isaiah 62:2 (שֵׁם חָדָשׁ); גּוֺי לאֹ קֹרָא בִּשְׁמִי Isaiah 65:1; (< קָרָא or קֹרֵא [Qal 2 c], Vrss Lo Ew Che Di and others); be called and privileged (compare Qal 5 f); Participle מְקרָאִי יִש׳ Isaiah 48:12.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7123.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:5; 1:8; 2:19; 2:19; 2:20; 2:23; 2:23; 3:9; 3:20; 4:17; 4:25; 4:26; 4:26; 5:2; 5:3; 5:29; 11:9; 11:9; 12:8; 12:18; 19:5; 20:8; 20:9; 21:12; 26:18; 35:10; 35:18; 39:14; 39:15; 39:18; 41:8; 41:14; 41:43; 45:1; 48:6; 48:16

Exodus

2:7; 2:7; 2:10; 2:22; 3:4; 8:21; 10:24; 19:20; 24:7; 31:2; 33:7; 33:19; 34:5; 34:6; 34:15; 35:30

Leviticus

13:45; 23:2; 23:4; 25:10

Numbers

1:16; 1:17; 22:5; 22:20; 22:37; 24:10; 25:2; 26:9; 26:9; 32:38; 32:41; 32:42

Deuteronomy

3:14; 3:18; 15:2; 15:9; 17:19; 20:10; 24:15; 25:10; 28:10; 31:11; 32:3; 32:3; 33:19

Joshua

4:4; 8:34; 8:35; 10:24; 21:9; 22:34; 24:9

Judges

1:17; 1:26; 2:5; 4:6; 7:3; 7:3; 7:20; 8:1; 8:1; 9:7; 12:1; 12:1; 14:15; 14:16; 15:18; 15:19; 18:12; 18:29; 21:13

Ruth

1:20; 1:21; 4:11; 4:14; 4:17; 4:17

1 Samuel

3:4; 3:5; 3:5; 3:6; 3:6; 3:6; 3:6; 3:8; 3:8; 3:10; 3:16; 4:21; 9:9; 9:13; 9:13; 9:22; 9:22; 9:24; 12:17; 12:18; 16:3; 16:5; 20:37; 20:38; 22:11; 24:8; 24:9; 28:15; 28:15

2 Samuel

1:15; 2:16; 5:9; 6:2; 6:8; 9:2; 12:28; 15:11; 15:12; 18:16; 18:18; 18:25; 18:28; 20:16; 22:4; 22:7

1 Kings

1:9; 1:10; 1:28; 1:32; 1:41; 1:49; 8:43; 12:20; 13:2; 13:4; 13:21; 13:32; 18:24; 18:24; 18:25; 18:26; 18:27; 18:28; 21:9; 21:12

2 Kings

4:36; 5:7; 5:11; 7:11; 11:14; 18:18; 18:28; 19:14; 22:8; 22:10; 22:16; 23:2

1 Chronicles

4:10; 6:50; 13:6; 23:14

2 Chronicles

6:33; 7:14; 32:18; 34:18; 34:24; 34:30

Ezra

2:61

Nehemiah

6:7; 7:63; 8:3; 8:8; 8:18; 9:3; 13:1

Esther

2:14; 3:12; 4:11; 4:11; 5:12; 5:12; 6:1; 6:1

Job

5:1; 9:16; 13:22; 14:14; 14:15; 17:14; 19:16; 27:10

Psalms

4:2; 4:2; 14:4; 18:4; 18:7; 49:12; 50:15; 50:15; 57:3; 66:17; 79:6; 86:5; 89:27; 99:6; 99:6; 116:2; 141:1; 147:4; 147:9

Proverbs

1:28; 2:3; 9:18; 16:21; 18:6; 21:13; 27:16

Ecclesiastes

6:10

Song of Songs

5:6

Isaiah

1:13; 1:26; 4:1; 6:3; 6:4; 7:14; 7:14; 8:3; 9:5; 13:3; 14:20; 22:12; 29:11; 29:12; 31:4; 32:5; 34:14; 34:16; 35:8; 36:13; 37:14; 40:3; 40:6; 40:26; 41:2; 43:1; 43:7; 43:7; 43:22; 44:5; 45:3; 45:4; 46:11; 48:1; 48:1; 48:2; 48:8; 48:12; 48:15; 49:1; 51:2; 52:2; 54:5; 54:5; 55:5; 55:6; 56:7; 58:5; 58:9; 58:12; 59:4; 61:1; 61:3; 61:6; 62:2; 62:4; 62:12; 63:19; 65:1; 65:1; 65:11; 65:12; 65:24; 66:4

Jeremiah

1:15; 2:2; 3:4; 3:19; 4:6; 4:20; 4:20; 7:10; 7:11; 7:14; 7:30; 10:25; 12:6; 14:9; 15:16; 19:6; 20:8; 23:6; 23:6; 25:29; 29:12; 29:29; 30:17; 31:6; 32:34; 33:16; 34:8; 34:15; 34:15; 34:17; 35:17; 36:6; 36:6; 36:8; 36:8; 36:9; 36:10; 36:14; 36:15; 36:15; 36:18; 36:21; 36:23; 42:8; 44:26; 44:26; 46:17; 49:29; 51:61; 51:63

Lamentations

1:15; 3:55; 3:57; 4:15

Ezekiel

8:18; 9:1; 10:13; 20:29; 20:29; 20:29; 23:23; 23:23; 39:11

Daniel

8:16; 9:18; 9:19; 10:1

Hosea

1:4; 1:6; 1:9; 2:18; 2:18; 3:5; 4:4; 7:7; 7:11; 11:1

Amos

4:5; 5:8; 5:16; 7:4; 9:12

Jonah

1:3; 3:2; 3:4

Micah

6:9

Habakkuk

2:2

Zephaniah

1:7

Zechariah

1:14; 1:17; 7:13; 7:13; 8:3

H7121

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Strong's Number H7121 matches the Hebrew קָרָא (qārā'),
which occurs 739 times in 689 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 14 (Gen 1:5–Gen 26:25)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - God H430 called H7121 the light H216 “day H3117,” and the darkness H2822 He called H7121 “night H3915.” And there was evening H6153 and there was morning H1242, one H259 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8 - God H430 called H7121 the [fn]expanse H7549 “heaven H8064.” And there was evening H6153 and there was morning H1242, a second H8145 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:10 - And God H430 called H7121 the dry H3004 land H3004 “earth H776,” and the gathering H4723 of the waters H4325 He called H7121 “seas H3220”; and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good H2896.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:19 - And out of the ground H127 the LORD H3068 God H430 formed H3335 every H3605 animal H2416 of the field H7704 and every H3605 bird H5775 of the sky H8064, and brought H935 them to the man H120 to see H7200 what H4100 he would call H7121 them; and whatever H3605 H834 the man H120 called H7121 a living H2416 creature H5315, that was its name H8034.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:20 - The man H120 gave H7121 names H8034 to all H3605 the livestock H929, and to the birds H5775 of the sky H8064, and to every H3605 animal H2416 of the field H7704, but for [fn]Adam H121 there was not found H4672 a helper H5828 [fn]suitable H5048 for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:23 - Then the man H120 said H559,

“At H6471 last H6471 this H2088 is bone H6106 of my bones H6106,

And flesh H1320 of my flesh H1320;

[fn]She shall be called H7121 [fn]‘woman H802,’

Because H3588 [fn]she was taken H3947 out of [fn]man H376.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:9 - Then the LORD H3068 God H430 called H7121 to the man H120, and said H559 to him, “Where H335 are you?”

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Now the man H120 named H7121 H8034 his wife H802 [fn]Eve H2332, because H3588 she was the mother H517 of all H3605 the living H2416.

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Cain H7014 [fn]had H3045 relations H3045 with his wife H802 and she conceived H2029, and gave H3205 birth H3205 to Enoch H2585; and Cain built H1129 a city H5892, and named H7121 H8034 the city H5892 Enoch H2585, after the name H8034 of his son H1121.

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Adam H121 [fn]had H3045 relations H3045 with his wife H802 again H5750; and she gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and named H7121 H8034 him [fn]Seth H8352, for, she said, “God H430 [fn]has appointed H7896 me another H312 [fn]child H2233 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 Abel H1893, because H3588 Cain H7014 killed H2026 him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:26 - To Seth H8352 also H1571 a son H1121 was born H3205; and he named H7121 H8034 him Enosh H583. Then H227 people began H2490 to call H7121 [fn]upon the name H8034 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - He created H1254 them male H2145 and female H5347, and He blessed H1288 them and named H7121 H8034 them “mankind H120” on the day H3117 when they were created H1254.

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When Adam H121 had lived H2421 130 H3967 H7970 years H8141, he fathered H3205 a son in his own likeness H1823, according to his image H6754, and named H7121 H8034 him Seth H8352.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - And he named H7121 H8034 him Noah H5146, saying H559, “This H2088 one H2088 will give H5162 us comfort H5162 from our work H4639 and from the hard H6093 labor H6093 of our hands H3027 caused by the ground H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 has cursed H779.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9 - Therefore H5921 H3651 it was named H7121 H8034 [fn]Babel H894, because H3588 there H8033 the LORD H3068 confused H1101 the [fn]language H8193 of all H3605 the earth H776; and from there H8033 the LORD H3068 scattered H6327 them abroad over H5921 the face H6440 of all H3605 the earth H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - Then he proceeded H6275 from there H8033 to the mountain H2022 on the east H6924 of Bethel H1008, and pitched H5186 his tent H168 with Bethel H1008 on the west H3220 and Ai H5857 on the east H6924; and there H8033 he built H1129 an altar H4196 to the LORD H3068 and called H7121 upon the name H8034 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:18 - Then Pharaoh H6547 called H7121 Abram H87 and said H559, “What H4100 is this H2088 that you have done H6213 to me? Why H4100 did you not tell H5046 me that she was your wife H802?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - to the place H4725 of the altar H4196 which H834 he had made H6213 there H8033 previously H7223; and there H8033 Abram H87 called H7121 on the name H8034 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:11 - The angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 said H559 to her further,

“Behold H2009, you are pregnant H2030,

And you will give H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121;

And you shall name H7121 H8034 him [fn]Ishmael H3458,

Because H3588 the LORD H3068 has heard H8085 your affliction H6040.

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Then she called H7121 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 who spoke H1696 to her, “[fn]You are [fn]a God H410 who H7210 sees H7200 me”; for she said H559, “Have I even H1571 seen H7200 Him here H1988 and lived after H310 [fn]He saw H7210 me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:14 - Therefore H5921 H3651 the well H875 was called H7121 [fn]Beer-lahai-roi H883; behold H2009, it is between H996 Kadesh H6946 and Bered H1260.

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So Hagar H1904 bore H3205 a son H1121 to Abram H87; and Abram H87 named H7121 H8034 his son H1121, to whom H834 Hagar H1904 gave H3205 birth H3205, Ishmael H3458.

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“No H3808 longer H5750 shall you be named H7121 H8034 [fn]Abram H87,

But your name H8034 shall be [fn]Abraham H85;

For I have made H5414 you the father H1 of a multitude H1995 of nations H1471.

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Then God H430 said H559 to Abraham H85, “As for your wife H802 Sarai H8297, you shall not call H7121 her by the name H8034 [fn]Sarai H8297, but [fn]Sarah H8283 shall be her name H8034.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:19 - But God H430 said H559, “No H61, but your wife H802 Sarah H8283 will bear H3205 you a son H1121, and you shall name H7121 H8034 him [fn]Isaac H3327; and I will establish H6965 My covenant H1285 with him as an everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 for his [fn]descendants H2233 after H310 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:5 - and they called H7121 to Lot H3876 and said H559 to him, “Where H346 are the men H376 who H834 came H935 to you tonight H3915? Bring H3318 them out H3318 to us that we may [fn]have H3045 relations H3045 with them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - “Hurry H4116, escape H4422 there H8033, for I cannot H3201 H3808 do H6213 anything H1697 until H5704 you arrive H935 there H8033.” Therefore H5921 H3651 the town H5892 was named H7121 H8034 [fn]Zoar H6820.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:37 - The firstborn H1067 gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and named H7121 H8034 him Moab H4124; he is the father H1 of the Moabites H4124 to this day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:38 - As for the younger H6810, she also H1571 gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and named H7121 H8034 him Ben-ammi H1151; he is the father H1 of [fn]the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 to this day H3117.

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So Abimelech H40 got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and called H7121 all H3605 his servants H5650, and told H1696 all H3605 these H428 things H1697 in their [fn]presence H241; and the people H376 were H3372 greatly H3966 frightened H3372.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9 - Then Abimelech H40 called H7121 Abraham H85 and said H559 to him, “What H4100 have you done H6213 to us? And [fn]how H4100 have I sinned H2398 against you, that you have brought H935 on me and on my kingdom H4467 a great H1419 sin H2401? You have done H6213 to me [fn]things H4639 that ought not to be done H6213.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:3 - Abraham H85 named H7121 H8034 his son H1121 who was born H3205 to him, the son whom H834 Sarah H8283 bore H3205 to him, Isaac H3327.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God H430 said H559 to Abraham H85, “[fn]Do not be distressed H7489 because H5921 of the boy H5288 and your slave H519 woman H519; whatever H3605 H834 Sarah H8283 tells H559 you, listen H8085 to her, for through H4480 Isaac H3327 [fn]your descendants H2233 shall be named H7121.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - God H430 heard H8085 the boy H5288 crying H6963; and the angel H4397 of God H430 called H7121 to Hagar H1904 from heaven H8064 and said H559 to her, “[fn]What H4100 is the matter with you, Hagar H1904? Do not fear H3372, for God H430 has heard H8085 the voice H6963 of the boy H5288 where H834 H8033 he is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - Therefore H5921 H3651 he called H7121 that place H4725 [fn]Beersheba H884, because H3588 there H8033 the two H8147 of them took H7650 an H7650 oath H7650.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33 - Abraham planted H5193 a tamarisk H815 tree H815 at Beersheba H884, and there H8033 he called H7121 on the name H8034 of the LORD H3068, the Everlasting H5769 God H410.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:11 - But the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 called H7121 to him from heaven H8064 and said H559, “Abraham H85, Abraham H85!” And he said H559, “Here H2009 I am.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:14 - And Abraham H85 named H7121 H8034 that place H4725 [fn]The LORD H3068 Will Provide H7200, as it is said H559 to this day H3117, “On the mountain H2022 of the LORD H3068 it will [fn]be provided H7200.”

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Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 called H7121 to Abraham H85 a second H8145 time H8145 from heaven H8064,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:57 - And they said H559, “We will call H7121 the young H5291 woman H5291 and [fn]ask H7592 H6310 her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:58 - Then they called H7121 Rebekah H7259 and said H559 to her, “Will you go H1980 with this H2088 man H376?” And she said H559, “I will go H1980.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:25 - Now the first H7223 came H3318 out H3318 red H132, all H3605 over like a hairy H8181 garment H155; and they named H7121 H8034 him Esau H6215.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - Afterward H310 his brother H251 came H3318 out H3318 with his hand H3027 holding H270 on to Esau’s H6215 heel H6119, so he was named H7121 H8034 [fn]Jacob H3290; and Isaac H3327 was sixty H8346 years H8141 old H1121 when she gave H3205 birth H3205 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - and Esau H6215 said H559 to Jacob H3290, “Please H4994 let me have H3938 a H3938 mouthful H3938 of [fn]that red H122 stuff H123 there, for I am exhausted H5889.” Therefore H5921 H3651 he was called H7121 [fn]Edom H123 by name H8034.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - Then Abimelech H40 called H7121 Isaac H3327 and said H559, “Behold H2009, she certainly H389 is your wife H802! So how H349 is it that you said H559, ‘She is my sister H269’?” And Isaac H3327 said H559 to him, “Because H3588 I thought H559, ‘otherwise H6435 I might H6435 be killed H4191 on H5921 account H5921 of H5921 her.’”

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Then Isaac H3327 dug H2658 again H7725 the wells H875 of water H4325 which H834 [fn]had been dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham H85, for the Philistines H6430 had stopped H5640 them up H5640 after H310 the death H4194 of Abraham H85; and he [fn]gave H7121 them the same H8034 names H8034 which H834 his father H1 had [fn]given H7121 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20 - the herdsmen H7462 of Gerar H1642 quarreled H7378 with the herdsmen H7462 of Isaac H3327, saying H559, “The water H4325 is ours!” So he named H7121 H8034 the well H875 [fn]Esek H6230, because H3588 they argued H6229 with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - Then they dug H2658 another H312 well H875, and they quarreled H7378 over H5921 it too H1571, so he named H7121 H8034 it [fn]Sitnah H7856.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Then he moved H6275 away H6275 from there H8033 and dug H2658 another H312 well H875, and they did not quarrel H7378 over H5921 it; so he named H7121 H8034 it [fn]Rehoboth H7344, for he said H559, “[fn]At H3588 H6258 last H3588 H6258 the LORD H3068 has made H7337 [fn]room H7337 for us, and we will be H6509 fruitful H6509 in the land H776.”

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So he built H1129 an altar H4196 there H8033 and called H7121 upon the name H8034 of the LORD H3068, and pitched H5186 his tent H168 there H8033; and there H8033 Isaac’s H3327 servants H5650 dug H3738 a well H875.


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