קָרָא qara

Hebrew word for “to call” · Strong’s H7121 · used 733 times in 687 verses

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Meaning

: call_to/invite/entreat;

Senses in the lexicon

• to call: call to (365)
• to call: call by (223)
• to call: call out (106)
• to call: read out (39)

How it is translated

Glosses given for qara in context, with how often each is used:

• called 186
• summoned 82
• called out 52
• will call 32
• call 27
• summon 20
• someone called 20
• read aloud 20
• will be called 18
• proclaim 17
• proclaimed 16
• call out 14

Where it is used

Also in 25 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 36 (11), 1 Kings 1 (9), Genesis 30 (8), Genesis 26 (7), 1 Samuel 3 (7), Jeremiah 7 (7), Genesis 41 (6), 1 Kings 18 (6), Isaiah 48 (6), Genesis 21 (5)

Forms

• ויקרא 207
• קרא 83
• יקרא 47
• קראו 36
• ותקרא 32
• ויקראו 32
• אקרא 27
• נקרא 26
• קראתי 25
• לקרא 20

Words used with it

Words that share verses with qara more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שֵׁם shem “name” 196
• זֶה zeh “this” 65
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 61
• עָנָה anah “to answer” 43
• נִי ni “me” 53
• עִיר ir “city” 51
• דָּבָר davar “word” 54
• קוֹל qol “voice” 39
• מָקוֹם maqom “place” 37
• יָלַד yalad “to beget” 37
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 52
• סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 29

Key verses

The verses using qara that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
• 2 Chronicles 14:11 — And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our…
• Psalms 50:15 — And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
• Psalms 91:15 — He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
• Isaiah 7:14 — Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
• Isaiah 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The…
• Isaiah 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the…
• Isaiah 43:1 — But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name;…
• Isaiah 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Isaiah 61:1 — The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to…
• Isaiah 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;…
• Zechariah 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name,…

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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.