קָרָא
qârâʼ · H7122 · Hebrew · 138 occurrences
Meanings
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to cry out
Action by which humans or deities speak with a loud voice, often to draw attention to themselves or to their situation and expecting someone to respond in one way or another
ExamplesGenesis 49:1 Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, “Assemble yourselves, so that I may tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.
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to name
To designate someone or something with a specific title
Examples1 Samuel 23:28 So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Division.
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to meet
Action by which humans purposefully move in the direction of (another) human, deity, or object to engage with them
ExamplesGenesis 14:17 Then after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
Genesis 18:2 When he raised his eyes and looked, behold, three men were standing opposite him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed down to the ground,
Genesis 19:1 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he stood up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
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Literally: to meet; hence: process by which a certain event starts affecting someone (to happen (to someone))
ExamplesGenesis 42:4 But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm may happen to him.”
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Literally: to cause to meet; hence: causative process by which a deity causes a certain event to start affecting someone (to make happen (to someone))
ExamplesJeremiah 32:23 ‘They came in and took possession of it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your Law; they did not do anything that You commanded them to do; therefore You have made all this disaster happen to them.
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to happen
Literally: to meet; hence: process by which a certain event starts taking place
ExamplesExodus 1:10 “Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, otherwise they will multiply, and in the event of war, they will also join those who hate us, and fight against us and depart from the land.”
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State in which humans happen to be in a certain place (to happen to be (somewhere))
Examples2 Samuel 1:6 The young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen had overtaken him.
2 Samuel 20:1 Now a worthless man happened to be there whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew the trumpet and said, “We have no share in David, Nor do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse; Every man to his tents, Israel!”
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to look for
Literally: to meet; hence: action by which humans are actively looking around for certain things to happen
ExamplesNumbers 24:1 When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times to seek omens, rather he turned his attention toward the wilderness.
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opposite
Literally: to meet; hence: state in which two inanimate objects are located in a certain place facing one another
ExamplesGenesis 15:10 Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
136 occurrences in 13 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 121
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (16) 16
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
131 occurrences in 38 groups
- וֹhim 31
- הֶםthem 16
- נִיme 10
- נוּus 6
- דָּוִדDavid 5
- יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael 5
- Other words · 26 groups that occur once or twice (31) 31
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רַעevil, bad 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
14 occurrences in 11 groups
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מַדּוּעַwhy? 1
- שָׁםthere 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ךְyou 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָגַדto tell, to inform, to report 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הֵנָּהthey 1
- אִשָּׁהwoman, wife 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
112 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 113
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- פָּגַע pâgaʻ · H6293 · to meet, to run into, to find
- Both words list "meet" among their senses, overlapping in the sense of meeting or encountering; they are two distinct verbs that can both express meeting. קָרָא (qârâʼ, H7122) has a very broad range, so the overlap covers only part of its usage.
- קָדַם qâdam · H6923 · to approach, to come before, to stand before
- While קָרָא (qârâʼ, H7122) has broader polysemy (13 domains vs. קָדַם (qâdam, H6923)'s 3), the "meet" overlap is a real, substitutable near-synonym relationship in context.
- פָּגַשׁ pâgash · H6298 · to meet, to run into, to find
- קָרָא (qârâʼ, H7122) is broader, covering chance events and happening generally, but the "meet" overlap with פָּגַשׁ (pâgash, H6298) appears to be a real same-language near-synonym relationship in that specific semantic slice.
In the other Testament 4 words
- συνάντησις synántēsis · G4877 · a meeting with
- συνάντησις (synántēsis, G4877) συνάντησις specifically denotes the act or event of meeting/encountering, corresponding to the meeting/happening aspect of קָרָא (qârâʼ, H7122) קָרָא's semantic range, particularly in contexts where events or persons come together by chance or divine arrangement.
- συναντάω synantáō · G4876 · to come upon, to happen to
- קָרָא (qârâʼ, H7122) קָרָא emphasizes the occurrence or happening of events (often by chance or divine providence), while συναντάω (synantáō, G4876) συναντάω focuses specifically on the act of meeting or encountering (whether persons or events), with figurative extension to events that occur or befall.
- ἀπαντάω apantáō · G528 · to draw near, to meet, to meet up with
- ἀπαντάω (apantáō, G528) ἀπαντάω specifically denotes the action of meeting or encountering (particularly in the sense of going out to meet), representing one concrete sense within קָרָא (qârâʼ, H7122) קָרָא's broader semantic range of events that befall or come upon someone, which extends beyond just meeting to include chance occurrences and various happenings.
- ἀπάντησις apántēsis · G529 · to draw near, to meet, to meet up with
- ἀπάντησις (apántēsis, G529) ἀπάντησις specifically denotes the act or event of encountering/meeting (often with friendly connotations in Greek usage), whereas קָרָא (qârâʼ, H7122) קָרָא encompasses the broader semantic range of events befalling or happening by chance, including but not limited to meetings.
Semantic domains 13 entries
- Shout002004001009005
- This domain is shared with the closely related homograph meaning "to call, name" (קָרָא (qârâʼ, H7121)); it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations, which all concern meeting or encountering someone.
- Great002001002012
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which all concern the act of meeting rather than greatness.
- Know002004002007
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations.
- Move002002001012
- The motion of going out to encounter someone is directly illustrated by the king of Sodom going out to meet Abram (Genesis 14:17) and the servant running to meet Rebekah (Genesis 24:17).
- Happen002002003003
- This sense of chance encounter or befalling is illustrated by the word's own gloss "by chance, fall out, happen"; it is not independently distinguished from the plain meeting sense by the sampled citations, which all show a deliberate act of going to meet someone.
- Name002004002010
- This domain is shared with the closely related homograph meaning "to call, name" (קָרָא (qârâʼ, H7121)); it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
- Associate002003002002
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, though the acts of meeting and greeting visitors described in them (Genesis 18:2, 19:1) reflect an associating encounter in general terms.
- Serve002003002023
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations.
- Dissociate002003002009
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations.
- Meet002003002016
- The word most directly means to meet or encounter, directly illustrated by the king of Sodom going out to meet Abram (Genesis 14:17), Abraham running from his tent to meet the three visitors (Genesis 18:2), Lot standing to meet the two angels (Genesis 19:1), and Abraham's servant running to meet Rebekah (Genesis 24:17).
- Engage002003003011
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations.
- Space002002001017
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations.
- Search002002001016
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7122. qara II. [קָרָא]137 verb encounter, befall (|| form of קָרָה, q. v.; SI4 לקרת to…
II. [קָרָא]137 verb encounter, befall (|| form of קָרָה, q. v.; SI4 לקרת to meet, opposite; Arabic put part to part; Minaean קרא set opposite, HomChrest. 127); —
Qal131 Perfect53 masculine singular suffix קְרָאַנִי Jer 13:22; Job 4:2-3;feminine singular קָרָאת Deu 31:29; Jer 44:23, etc; Imperfect43masculine singular יִקְרָא Gen 49:1, suffix יִקְרָאֶנוּ Gen 42:4; Gen 42:3feminine plural וַתִּקְרֶאנָה Lev 10:19; Exo 1:10 read 3 feminine singular suffix תִּקְרָאֵנוּ (⅏ Vrss Di Ges§ 47k SoKau Baen); infinitive construct121 לקְרַאת (Ges§ 19k Ol§ 137), Gen 15:10 +, etc.; Participle feminine plural suffix קרְאִתַיִךְ Isa 51:19; —
1 meet, encounter, only infinitive construct לִקְרַאת often= preposition toward, against (Köii. l, 317), almost always with accusative of person, after verb of motion, Isa 7:3; Gen 19:1; Gen 24:17; Jdg 4:18, Jdg 4:22; 1Ki 2:8 +; in war, battle, Jdg 7:24; Jdg 20:25, Jdg 20:31; 1Sa 4:1; 1Ki 20:27 +, after עָרַךְ 2Sa 10:9-10, 2Sa 10:7 +, Psa 35:3 see סגר 2b; הַמִּלְחָמָה לִק לִבָּם ׳לְחַזֵּק Jos 11:20 to harden their heart to encounter the war with Israel; after הִנֵּה (without verb of motion), 1Sa 10:10; 2Sa 15:32; 2Sa 16:1; 1Ki 18:7; Pro 7:10; in construction praegn. לִק ׳וַיִשְׂמַח Jdg 19:3 he rejoiced to meet him, + 1Sa 6:13 (ᵐ5 We Dr and others); לִק ׳חרד 2Ki 10:15, נצב Exo 5:20; Exo 7:15; Num 22:34, etc.; redund. י ׳יִקָּרֶה ׳לִק Num 23:3; implication of helping, Isa 21:14; Psa 59:6 (figurative); ׳לִק נְחָשִׁים Num 24:1 he did not go to encounter (in expectation of) signs of divination; in metaphor Isa 14:9, || ׳לִק אֱםהֶי Amo 4:12
2 figurative befall with accusative of person, bad sense Gen 42:4, Gen 42:38; Deu 31:29; Jer 13:22; Jer 44:23; Isa 51:19; Job 4:14; Lev 10:19; of war Exo 1:10 (see above) in General, Gen 49:1.
Niph`al meet unexpectedly; Perfect3masculine singular נִקְרָא, with עַל person Exo 5:3; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקָּרֵא, with לִפְנֵי person 2Sa 18:9; Perfect 2Sa 20:1 with שָׁם, chanced to be there; Imperfect of bird's nest Deu 22:6 (לִפְנֵי); Infinitive absolute נִקְרֹא see קרה.
Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular וַחַקְרֵא Jer 32:23 thou didst cause all this evil to befall them (accusative of person and thing).
[קְרַאת], לִקְרַאת to meet, see II. קדא. p. 896.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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