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Lexicon :: Strong's H7125 - qārā'

Aa
קָרָא
Transliteration
qārā'
Pronunciation
keer-aw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2064

Strong’s Definitions

קִרְאָה qirʼâh, keer-aw'; from H7122; an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite):—× against (he come), help, meet, seek, × to, × in the way.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x

The KJV translates Strong's H7125 in the following manner: meet (76x), against (40x), come (2x), help (1x), seek (1x), way (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x
The KJV translates Strong's H7125 in the following manner: meet (76x), against (40x), come (2x), help (1x), seek (1x), way (1x).
masculine noun (BDB)

  1. to encounter, befall, meet

    1. (Qal)

      1. to meet, encounter

      2. to befall (fig)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קִרְאָה qirʼâh, keer-aw'; from H7122; an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite):—× against (he come), help, meet, seek, × to, × in the way.
STRONGS H7125: Abbreviations
Qal ... Infinitive construct121 לקְרַאת (Ges§ 19 k Ol§ 137), Genesis 15:10 +, etc.—
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, Judges 4:22; 1 Kings 2:8 +; in war, battle, Judges 7:24; Judges 20:25, Judges 20:31; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Kings 20:27 +, after עָרַךְ 2 Samuel 10:9, 2 Samuel 10:10, 2 Samuel 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; 2 Samuel 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; Exodus 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

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H7122.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:10; 19:1; 24:17

Exodus

5:20; 7:15

Numbers

22:34; 23:3; 24:1

Joshua

11:20

Judges

4:18; 4:22; 7:24; 19:3; 20:25; 20:31

1 Samuel

4:1; 10:10

2 Samuel

10:9; 10:10; 10:17; 15:32; 16:1

1 Kings

2:8; 18:7; 20:27

2 Kings

10:15

Psalms

35:3; 59:4

Proverbs

7:10

Isaiah

7:3; 14:9; 21:14

Amos

4:12

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Strong's Number H7125 matches the Hebrew קָרָא (qārā'),
which occurs 100 times in 98 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - Now the two H8147 angels H4397 came H935 to Sodom H5467 in the evening H6153 as Lot H3876 was sitting H3427 in the gate H8179 of Sodom. H5467 When Lot H3876 saw H7200 them, he rose H6965 to meet H7122 them and [fn]bowed H7812 down H7812 with his face H639 to the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:65 - She said H559 to the servant, H5650 “Who H4310 is that man H376 walking H1980 in the field H7704 to meet H7122 us?” And the servant H5650 said, H559 “He is my master.” H113 Then she took H3947 her [fn]veil H6809 and covered H3680 herself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - So when Laban H3837 heard H8085 the news H8088 of Jacob H3290 his sister’s H269 son, H1121 he ran H7323 to meet H7122 him, and embraced H2263 him and kissed H5401 him and brought H935 him to his house. H1004 Then he related H5608 to Laban H3837 all H3605 these H428 things. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - When Jacob H3290 came H935 in from the field H7704 in the evening, H6153 then Leah H3812 went H3318 out to meet H7122 him and said, H559 “You must come H935 in to me, for I have surely H7936 hired H7936 you with my son’s H1121 mandrakes.” H1736 So he lay H7901 with her that night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:6 - The messengers H4397 returned H7725 to Jacob, H3290 saying, H559 “We came H935 to your brother H251 Esau, H6215 and furthermore H1571 he is coming H1980 to meet H7122 you, and four H702 hundred H3967 men H376 are with him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:27 - Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Aaron, H175 “Go H1980 to meet H7122 Moses H4872 in the wilderness.” H4057 So he went H1980 and met H6298 him at the mountain H2022 of God H430 and kissed H5401 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - “Go H1980 to Pharaoh H6547 in the morning H1242 [fn]as he is going H3318 out to the water, H4325 and station H5324 yourself H5324 to meet H7122 him on the bank H8193 of the Nile; H2975 and you shall take H3947 in your hand H3027 the staff H4294 that was turned H2015 into a serpent. H5175

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:27 - So Moses H4872 stretched H5186 out his hand H3027 over H5921 the sea, H3220 and the sea H3220 returned H7725 to its normal H386 state H386 at daybreak, H1242 while the Egyptians H4714 were fleeing H5127 [fn]right H7122 into it; then the LORD H3068 [fn]overthrew H5287 the Egyptians H4714 in the midst H8432 of the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:17 - And Moses H4872 brought H3318 the people H5971 out of the camp H4264 to meet H7122 God, H430 and they stood H3320 at the [fn]foot H8482 of the mountain. H2022

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:18 - Edom, H123 however, said H559 to him, “You shall not pass H5674 through H5674 [fn]us, or H6435 I will come H3318 out with the sword H2719 against H7122 you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:20 - But he said, H559 “You shall not pass H5674 through.” H5674 And Edom H123 came H3318 out against H7122 him with a heavy H3515 [fn]force H5971 and with a strong H2389 hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23 - But Sihon H5511 would not permit H5414 Israel H3478 to pass H5674 through H5674 his border. H1366 So Sihon H5511 gathered H622 all H3605 his people H5971 and went H3318 out against H7122 Israel H3478 in the wilderness, H4057 and came H935 to Jahaz H3096 and fought H3898 against Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:33 - Then they turned H6437 and went H5927 up by the way H1870 of Bashan, H1316 and Og H5747 the king H4428 of Bashan H1316 went H3318 out [fn]with all H3605 his people, H5971 for battle H4421 at Edrei. H154

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - Balaam H1109 said H559 to the angel H4397 of the LORD, H3068 “I have sinned, H2398 for I did not know H3045 that you were standing H5324 in the way H1870 against H7122 me. Now H6258 then, if H518 it is displeasing H7489 to you, I will turn H7725 back.” H7725

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 - When Balak H1111 heard H8085 that Balaam H1109 was coming, H935 he went H3318 out to meet H7122 him at the city H5892 of Moab, H4124 which H834 is on the Arnon H769 border, H1366 [fn]at the extreme H7097 end H7097 of the border. H1366

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - Then Balaam H1109 said H559 to Balak, H1111 “Stand H3320 beside H5921 your burnt H5930 offering, H5930 and I will go; H1980 perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 will come H7136 to meet H7122 me, and whatever H4100 H1697 He shows H7200 me I will tell H5046 you.” So he went H1980 to a bare H8205 hill. H8205

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - When Balaam H1109 saw H7200 that it [fn]pleased H2895 H5869 the LORD H3068 to bless H1288 Israel, H3478 he did not go H1980 as at other H6471 times H6471 to [fn]seek H7122 omens H5173 but he set H7896 his face H6440 toward H413 the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:13 - Moses H4872 and Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 and all H3605 the leaders H5387 of the congregation H5712 went H3318 out to meet H7122 them outside H413 H4480 H2351 the camp. H4264

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:32 - “Then Sihon H5511 [fn]with all H3605 his people H5971 came H3318 out to meet H7122 us in battle H4421 at Jahaz. H3096

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1 - “Then we turned H6437 and went H5927 up the road H1870 to Bashan, H1316 and Og, H5747 king H4428 of Bashan, H1316 [fn]with all H3605 his people H5971 came H3318 out to meet H7122 us in battle H4421 at Edrei. H154

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 - “When you [fn]reached H935 this H2088 place, H4725 Sihon H5511 the king H4428 of Heshbon H2809 and Og H5747 the king H4428 of Bashan H1316 came H3318 out to meet H7122 us for battle, H4421 but we [fn]defeated H5221 them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:5 - “Then I and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 are with me will approach H7126 the city. H5892 And when H3588 they come H3318 out to meet H7122 us as at the first, H7223 we will flee H5127 before H6440 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - It came H1961 about when the king H4428 of Ai H5857 saw H7200 it, that the men H376 of the city H5892 hurried H4116 and rose H7925 up early H7925 and went H3318 out to meet H7122 Israel H3478 in battle, H4421 he and all H3605 his people H5971 at the appointed H4150 place H4150 before H6440 the desert H6160 plain. H6160 But he did not know H3045 that there was an ambush H693 against him behind H4480 H310 the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:22 - [fn]The others H428 came H3318 out from the city H5892 to encounter H7122 them, so that they were trapped in the midst H8432 of Israel, H3478 [fn]some H428 on this H2088 side H2088 and some H428 on that side; H2088 and they [fn]slew H5221 them until H5704 no H1115 one was left H7604 [fn]of those who H8300 survived H8300 or escaped. H6412

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11 - “So our elders H2205 and all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of our country H776 spoke H559 to us, saying, H559 ‘Take H3947 provisions H6720 in your hand H3027 for the journey, H1870 and go H1980 to meet H7122 them and say H559 to them, “We are your servants; H5650 now H6258 then, make H3772 a covenant H1285 with us.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:20 - For it was of the LORD H3068 to [fn]harden H2388 their hearts, H3820 to meet H7122 Israel H3478 in battle H4421 in order H4616 that he might utterly H2763 destroy H2763 them, that they might [fn]receive H1961 no H1115 mercy, H8467 but that he might destroy H8045 them, just H834 as the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses. H4872

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18 - Jael H3278 went H3318 out to meet H7122 Sisera, H5516 and said H559 to him, “Turn H5493 aside, H5493 my master, H113 turn H5493 aside H5493 to me! Do not be afraid.” H3372 And he turned H5493 aside H5493 to her into the tent, H168 and she covered H3680 him with a [fn]rug. H8063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 - And behold, H2009 as Barak H1301 pursued H7291 Sisera, H5516 Jael H3278 came H3318 out to meet H7122 him and said H559 to him, “Come, H1980 and I will show H7200 you the man H376 whom H834 you are seeking.” H1245 And he entered H935 [fn]with her, and behold H2009 Sisera H5516 was lying H5307 dead H4191 with the tent H3489 peg H3489 in his temple. H7541

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:35 - He sent H7971 messengers H4397 throughout H3605 Manasseh, H4519 and they also H1571 were called H2199 together H2199 to follow H310 him; and he sent H7971 messengers H4397 to Asher, H836 Zebulun, H2074 and Naphtali, H5321 and they came H5927 up to meet H7122 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - Gideon H1439 sent H7971 messengers H4397 throughout H3605 all H3605 the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim, H669 saying, H559 “Come H3381 down H3381 [fn]against H7122 Midian H4080 and take H3920 the waters H4325 before them, as far H5704 as Beth-barah H1012 and the Jordan.” H3383 So all H3605 the men H376 of Ephraim H669 were summoned H6817 and they took H3920 the waters H4325 as far H5704 as Beth-barah H1012 and the Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31 - then it shall be that whatever H834 comes H3318 out of the doors H1817 of my house H1004 to meet H7122 me when I return H7725 in peace H7965 from the sons H1121 of Ammon, H5983 it shall be the LORD’S, H3068 and I will offer H5927 it up as a burnt H5930 offering.” H5930

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5 - Then Samson H8123 went H3381 down H3381 to Timnah H8553 with his father H1 and mother, H517 and came H935 as far H5704 as the vineyards H3754 of Timnah; H8553 and behold, H2009 a young H3715 lion H738 came roaring H7580 toward H7122 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14 - When he came H935 to Lehi, H3896 the Philistines H6430 shouted H7321 as they met H7122 him. And the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 [fn]came H6743 upon him mightily H6743 so that the ropes H5688 that were on his arms H2220 were as flax H6593 that is burned H1197 with fire, H784 and his bonds H612 [fn]dropped H4549 from his hands. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - The sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 went H3318 out [fn]against H7122 the people H5971 and were drawn H5423 away H5423 from the city, H5892 and they began H2490 to strike H5221 [fn]and kill H5221 some H4480 of the people H5971 as at other H6471 times, H6471 on the highways, H4546 one H259 of which H834 goes H5927 up to Bethel H1008 and the other H259 to Gibeah, H1390 and in the field, H7704 about thirty H7970 men H376 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - But when David H1732 returned H7725 to bless H1288 his household, H1004 Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 came H3318 out to meet H7122 David H1732 and said, H559 “How H4100 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 distinguished H3513 himself today! H3117 He uncovered H1540 himself today H3117 in the eyes H5869 of his servants’ H5650 maids H519 as one H259 of the foolish H7386 ones H7386 shamelessly H1540 uncovers H1540 himself!”

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