קָרָא qara

Hebrew word for “to encounter” · Strong’s H7122 · used 138 times in 134 verses

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Meaning

: meet; 1) to encounter, befall, meet;

Senses in the lexicon

• to encounter: meet (86)
• to encounter: toward (39)
• to encounter: chanced (13)

How it is translated

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

• meet 121
• will happen to 3
• met 2
• have happened to 2
• has met 1
• happened to 1
• meets 1
• should happen to 1
• will happen 1
• will be met 1
• surely by chance 1
• have they happened to 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 19 (5), 1 Samuel 17 (4), 2 Samuel 10 (4), 1 Chronicles 19 (4), Joshua 8 (3), 1 Samuel 25 (3), 2 Kings 1 (3), 2 Kings 9 (3), Genesis 24 (2), Genesis 42 (2)

Forms

• לקראת 52
• לקראתו 29
• לקראתם 15
• לקראתי 7
• לקראתנו 6
• לקראתך 5
• לקראתה 4
• נקרא 3
• יקרא 3
• לקראתכם 2

Words used with it

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

• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 41
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 33
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 20
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 14
• דָּוִד david “David” 18
• רָאָה raah “to see” 18
• עָרַךְ arakh “to arrange” 9
• נָגַד nagad “to tell” 12
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 15
• רוּץ ruts “to run” 9
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 15
• יָרַד yarad “to go down” 11

Key verses

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

• Genesis 18:2 — And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the…
• Genesis 42:38 — And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall…
• Genesis 49:1 — And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
• Deuteronomy 31:29 — For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the…
• Judges 15:14 — And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms…
• 2 Samuel 6:20 — Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who…
• 2 Samuel 16:1 — And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two…
• 2 Samuel 20:1 — And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in…
• 2 Kings 2:15 — And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and…
• 2 Kings 5:26 — And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive…
• 2 Kings 23:29 — In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at…
• Jeremiah 13:22 — And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.

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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.