קָרַע qara

Hebrew word for “to tear” · Strong’s H7167 · used 63 times in 60 verses

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Meaning

1) to tear, tear in pieces;

How it is translated

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

• tore 32
• torn 8
• will tear away 5
• tear 3
• will tear 2
• has torn 2
• will be torn 1
• certainly 1
• about to tear 1
• about to be torn apart 1
• torn apart 1
• tore away 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 11 (5), Genesis 37 (2), 1 Samuel 15 (2), 2 Samuel 1 (2), 2 Samuel 13 (2), 1 Kings 13 (2), 2 Kings 5 (2), 2 Kings 22 (2), 2 Chronicles 34 (2), Ezra 9 (2)

Forms

• ויקרע 16
• קרע 5
• קרעו 4
• ותקרע 4
• ויקרעו 2
• יקרע 2
• וקרע 2
• קרעים 2
• ויקרעם 2
• אקרע 2

Words used with it

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

• בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 29
• שַׂק saq “sackcloth” 7
• מְעִיל meil “robe” 6
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 11
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 9
• דָּוִד david “David” 9
• דָּבָר davar “word” 10
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 8
• מַמְלָכָה mamlakhah “kingdom” 5
• קֶרַע qera “rags” 3
• חִזְקִיָּהוּ chizqiyyah “Hezekiah” 4
• רָאָה raah “to see” 7

Key verses

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

• Genesis 37:34 — And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
• Numbers 14:6 — And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
• Joshua 7:6 — And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon…
• 1 Kings 11:13 — Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.
• 1 Kings 21:27 — And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
• 2 Kings 22:19 — Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants…
• Esther 4:1 — When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with…
• Job 1:20 — Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
• Psalms 35:15 — But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did…
• Isaiah 64:1 — Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
• Jeremiah 4:30 — And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest…
• Joel 2:13 — And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, 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.