מִקְרֶה miqreh
Hebrew word for “accident” · Strong’s H4745 · used 10 times in 8 verses
Meaning
1) unforeseen meeting or event, accident, happening, chance, fortune; 1a) accident, chance; 1b) fortune, fate
How it is translated
Glosses given for miqreh in context, with how often each is used:
- fate 6
- chance 2
- accident 1
- like the fate 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | 2.3 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Ruth | 1 | 0.8 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ecclesiastes 2 (2), Ecclesiastes 9 (2), Ruth 2 (1), 1 Samuel 6 (1), 1 Samuel 20 (1), Ecclesiastes 3 (1)
Forms
- מקרה 6
- ומקרה 2
- שׁמקרה 1
- כמקרה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with miqreh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- קָרָה qarah “to meet” 3
- אֶחָד echad “one” 4
- הֶבֶל hevel “vanity” 2
- כְּסִיל kesil “fool” 2
- טָהוֹר tahor “pure” 2
- גַּם gam “also” 3
- זֶה zeh “this” 3
- אָדָם adam “man” 2
- לֵב lev “heart” 2
- רַע ra “bad” 2
- אַחַר achar “after” 2
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 2
Key verses
The verses using miqreh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Ruth 2:3 — And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred…
- 1 Samuel 6:9 — And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his…
- 1 Samuel 20:26 — Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
- Ecclesiastes 2:14 — The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
- Ecclesiastes 2:15 — Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is…
- Ecclesiastes 3:19 — For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath;…
- Ecclesiastes 9:2 — All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that…
- Ecclesiastes 9:3 — This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and…
See all 8 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.