קָרָה qarah
Hebrew word for “to meet” · Strong’s H7136 · used 27 times in 27 verses
Meaning
1) to encounter, meet, befall, happen, come to meet;
Senses in the lexicon
- to meet (22)
- to lay beams (5)
How it is translated
Glosses given for qarah in context, with how often each is used:
- will happen to 4
- met 3
- will meet 2
- had happened to 2
- will happen 2
- make beams for 2
- made beams for 2
- make happen 1
- made happen 1
- things which had happened to 1
- has met 1
- ¿ will it happen to 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Nehemiah | 3 | 0.6 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 3 | 1.0 | |
| Esther | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ruth | 1 | 0.8 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 2 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 23 (4), Nehemiah 3 (2), Ecclesiastes 2 (2), Genesis 24 (1), Genesis 27 (1), Genesis 42 (1), Genesis 44 (1), Exodus 3 (1), Numbers 11 (1), Numbers 35 (1)
Forms
- יקרה 4
- ויקר 3
- הקרה 2
- קרהו 2
- קרוהו 2
- הקרת 1
- וקרהו 1
- נקרה 1
- היקרך 1
- אקרה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with qarah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מִקְרֶה miqreh “accident” 3
- נָגַד nagad “to tell” 5
- בָּלָק balaq “Balak” 3
- בִּלְעָם bilam “Balaam” 3
- מַנְעוּל manul “bolt” 2
- חָכָם chakham “wise” 3
- מָה mah “what?” 4
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 5
- גַּם gam “also” 4
- שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 3
- בְּרִיחַ beriach “bar” 2
- יָצַב yatsav “to stand” 2
Key verses
The verses using qarah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 24:12 — And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
- Exodus 3:18 — And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the…
- Numbers 11:23 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
- Numbers 23:3 — And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell…
- 1 Samuel 28:10 — And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
- Nehemiah 2:8 — And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house,…
- Esther 6:13 — And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of…
- Psalms 104:3 — Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
- 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 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of…
- Isaiah 41:22 — Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of…
- Daniel 10:14 — Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
See all 27 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.