קְרָא qera

Hebrew word for “to read” · Strong’s H7123 · used 11 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) to call, read aloud, read out, shout;

How it is translated

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

• read aloud 4
• will read aloud 3
• proclaiming 2
• calling 1
• him be summoned 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 5 (6), Ezra 4 (2), Daniel 3 (1), Daniel 4 (1)

Forms

• קרא 3
• קרי 2
• למקרא 2
• יקרה 1
• יתקרי 1
• יקרון 1
• אקרא 1

Words used with it

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

• פְּשַׁר peshar “interpretation” 6
• כְּתָב ketav “inscription” 5
• חַיִל chayil “strength” 4
• דִּי di “that” 6
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 5
• קֳדָם qodam “before” 4
• יְדַע yeda “to know” 4
• אֲמַר amar “to say” 4
• חַכִּים chakkim “wise” 3
• חֲוָה chavah “to show” 3
• עֲלַל alal “to come” 3
• כְּעַן kean “now” 3

Key verses

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

• Ezra 4:18 — The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
• Ezra 4:23 — Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the…
• Daniel 3:4 — Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
• Daniel 4:14 — He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it,…
• Daniel 5:7 — The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall…
• Daniel 5:8 — Then came in all the king’s wise but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
• Daniel 5:12 — Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found…
• Daniel 5:15 — And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof:…
• Daniel 5:16 — And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the…
• Daniel 5:17 — Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and…

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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.