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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

H7125

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

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 14:17–2Sa 10:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:17 - And when he was coming back after putting to flight Chedorlaomer and the other kings, he had a meeting with the king of Sodom in the valley of Shaveh, that is, the King's Valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:10 - All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17 - And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:65

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:65 - And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:6 - When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:4 - Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:14 - And the Lord was angry with Moses, and said, Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? To my knowledge he is good at talking. And now he is coming out to you: and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:27 - And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the waste land and you will see Moses. So he went and came across Moses at the mountain of God, and gave him a kiss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:20 - And they came face to face with Moses and Aaron, who were in their way when they came out from Pharaoh:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - Go to Pharaoh in the morning; when he goes out to the water, you will be waiting for him by the edge of the Nile, with the rod which was turned into a snake in your hand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:27 - And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, at dawn the sea came flowing back, meeting the Egyptians in their flight, and the Lord sent destruction on the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7 - And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:17 - And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:18 - And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:20 - But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23 - And Sihon would not let Israel go through his land; but got all his people together and went out against Israel into the waste land, as far as Jahaz, to make war on Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:33 - Then turning they went up by the way of Bashan; and Og, king of Bashan, went out against them with all his people, to the fight at Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - And Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, I have done wrong, for I did not see that you were in the way against me: but now, if it is evil in your eyes, I will go back again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 - Now Balak, hearing that Balaam had come, went to the chief town of Moab, on the edge of the Arnon, in the farthest part of the land, for the purpose of meeting him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - Now when Balaam saw that it was the Lord's pleasure to give his blessing to Israel, he did not, as at other times, make use of secret arts, but turning his face to the waste land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:13 - Then Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs of the people went out to them before they had come into the tent-circle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:44 - And the Amorites who were in the hill-country came out against you and put you to flight, rushing after you like bees, and overcame you in Seir, driving you even as far as Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:32 - Then Sihon came out against us with all his people, to make an attack on us at Jahaz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1 - Then turning we took the road to Bashan: and Og, king of Bashan, came out against us with all his people, and made an attack on us at Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 - When you came to this place, Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, came out to make war against us and we overcame them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:5 - And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - Now when the king of Ai saw it, he got up quickly and went out to war against Israel, he and all his people, to the slope going down to the valley; but he had no idea that a secret force was waiting at the back of the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:22 - Then the other force came out of the town against them, so that they were being attacked on this side and on that: and Israel overcame them and let not one of them get away with his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11 - So the responsible men and all the people of our country said to us, Take food with you for the journey and go to them, and say to them, We are your servants: so now make an agreement with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:20 - For the Lord made them strong in heart to go to war against Israel, so that he might give them up to the curse without mercy, and that destruction might come on them, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18 - And Jael went out to Sisera, and said to him, Come in, my lord, come in to me without fear. So he went into her tent, and she put a cover over him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 - Then Jael went out, and meeting Barak going after Sisera, said to him, Come, and I will let you see the man you are searching for. So he came into her tent and saw, and there was Sisera stretched out dead with the tent-pin in his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:35 - And he sent through all Manasseh, and they came after him; and he sent to Asher and Zebulun and Naphtali, and they came up and were joined to the others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - Then Gideon sent through all the hill-country of Ephraim saying, Come down against Midian, and keep the ways across Jordan before they come. So all the men of Ephraim, massing themselves together, kept the ways across Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31 - Then whoever comes out from the door of my house, meeting me when I come back in peace from the children of Ammon, will be the Lord's and I will give him as a burned offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 - Then Jephthah came back to his house in Mizpah, and his daughter came out, meeting him on his way with music and with dances; she was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5 - Then Samson went down to Timnah (and his father and his mother,) and came to the vine-gardens of Timnah; and a young lion came rushing out at him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14 - And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines came out, meeting him with loud cries; then the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and the cords on his arms became like grass which has been burned with fire, and the bands came falling off his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking her back with him; he had with him his young man and two asses: and she took him into her father's house, and her father, when he saw him, came forward to him with joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25 - And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - Then David came back to give a blessing to his family. And Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to him and said, How full of glory was the king of Israel today, who let himself be seen uncovered by his servant-girls like a foolish person uncovering himself without shame!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - When David had news of it, he sent men out with the purpose of meeting them on their way, for the men were greatly shamed: and the king said, Go to Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9 - Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took the best of the men of Israel and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

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