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Lexicon :: Strong's H7121 - qārā'

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קָרָא
Transliteration
qārā'
Pronunciation
kaw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [rather identical with קָרָא (H7122) through the idea of accosting a person met]
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TWOT Reference: 2063

Strong’s Definitions

קָרָא qârâʼ, kaw-raw'; a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications):—bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 735x

The KJV translates Strong's H7121 in the following manner: call (528x), cried (98x), read (38x), proclaim (36x), named (7x), guests (4x), invited (3x), gave (3x), renowned (3x), bidden (2x), preach (2x), miscellaneous (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 735x
The KJV translates Strong's H7121 in the following manner: call (528x), cried (98x), read (38x), proclaim (36x), named (7x), guests (4x), invited (3x), gave (3x), renowned (3x), bidden (2x), preach (2x), miscellaneous (11x).

  1. to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim

    1. (Qal)

      1. to call, cry, utter a loud sound

      2. to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)

      3. to proclaim

      4. to read aloud, read (to oneself), read

      5. to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow

      6. to call, name, give name to, call by

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to call oneself

      2. to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named

    3. (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָרָא qârâʼ, kaw-raw'; a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications):—bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
STRONGS H7121: Abbreviations
I. קָרָא 724 verb call, proclaim, read (Late Hebrew id., read aloud, read; Phoenician קרא call; Arabic bdb089407 read aloud, recite (the ‘Ḳoŕān’), bdb089408 the Ḳoŕān; Aramaic קְלרא, bdb089409 call, etc., so Old Aramaic קרא, Nabatean id., Palmyrene id., קרה); —
Qal655 Perfect ק׳ Genesis 11:9 +, 3rd person feminine singular consecutive וְקָרָזת Isaiah 7:14 (Ges§ 74 g); 2nd person masculine singular קָרָאתָ Judges 12:1 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִקְרָא Genesis 2:19 +; suffix יִקְרְאוֺ Jeremiah 23:6, אֵהוּ - Isaiah 41:2; +; 1st person singular אֶקְרָא Deuteronomy 32:3 +, וָאֶקְרָאֶר 1 Samuel 28:15 (Ges§ 48 d NesMarg. 15); 3rd person feminine plural וַתִּקְרֶאנָה Ruth 4:17 (twice in verse), וַתִּקְרֶאןָ Numbers 25:2; 2nd person feminine plural תִּקְרֶאנָה Ruth 1:20, 21, etc.; Imperative masculine singular קְרָא Judges 7:3 +, suffix קְרָאֵנִי Psalm 50:15, etc.; Infinitive construct קְרָא 1 Samuel 3:6 +, קְראֹות (Baer ־אֹת) Judges 8:1 (Ges§ 74h); suffix קָרְאִי Psalm 4:2 +, etc.; Participle active קוֺרֵא Amos 5:8 +, קֹרֵא Jeremiah 1:15 +; plural קֹרִאים Psalm 99:6 (Ges§§ 74i; 75 oo); passive קָרוּא Esther 5:12; plural קְרוּאִים 1 Samuel 9:22; Ezekiel 23:23, קְרֻאִים 1 Samuel 9:13 +; construct קְרוּאֵי Numbers 1:16 Qr (Kt קריאי), Numbers 26:9 Kt (Qr קְרִיאֵי, see קָרִיא); —
1.
a. call, cry, utter a loud sound, Judges 9:7; 2 Samuel 18:25 (in 2 Samuel 18:28 read וַיִּקְרַב We, confirmed by LXX of Lucian (Lag.) so Dr and all recent Comm.), Jeremiah 4:6; Daniel 8:16 (all + אמר), 2 Kings 7:11 (on text see Kit Benz), Isaiah 6:4; for help Genesis 39:15, 18 (J); of pleading in court Isaiah 59:4 (ב of manner); explicitly בְּקוֺל גְּדוֺל Genesis 39:14 (J), 1 Kings 18:27, 28; 2 Kings 18:28 = Isaiah 36:13 2 Chronicles 32:18, קוֺל גָּדוֺל Ezekiel 9:1 (+ בְּאָצְנֵי); with אַחֲרֵי person 1 Samuel 20:37 (+ אָמַר), 1 Samuel 24:8 (Gi; 1 Samuel 24:9 van d. H. Baer; + לֵאמֹר), Jeremiah 12:6.
b. call cry, object in oratio recta [direct speech] Judges 7:20; 1 Samuel 3:4 (read שְׁמוּאֵל שְׁמוּאֵל; Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS), 1 Samuel 3:6 (compare Greek Version of the LXX), 1 Samuel 3:8 (against accents), 1 Samuel 3:10 (see שְׁמוּאֵל), 1 Samuel 20:38; 2 Samuel 20:16; 2 Kings 11:14; Jeremiah 20:8; Leviticus 13:45; = utter, speak Jeremiah 36:18; of command Genesis 45:1 (E).
2.
a. call unto some one: אֶל person (often + אָמַר; sometimes with מִן local), Genesis 3:9; Genesis 19:5; Exodus 3:4; Isaiah 6:3 + often; with עַל (for אֶל) of satyrs Isaiah 34:14 (so Vrss Ges CheComm. and others > recent Comm. from II. קָרָא or קָרָה which (in Qal) always take accusative); unto (אֶלׅ י׳ (God), in praise Psalm 66:17; 1 Chronicles 4:10, usually for help, Judges 15:18; 1 Samuel 12:17, 18; Hosea 7:7 + Hosea 3:5; Hosea 4:4 +, + עַל person against Deuteronomy 15:9; Deuteronomy 24:15; to (לׅ י׳ (God) Job 14:14; Psalm 57:3; Psalm 141:1; to (ל) a servant (for service) 2 Kings 4:36; Job 19:16, so (אֶל) 2 Samuel 1:15; call to (ל) one Jeremiah 3:4 (+ oratio recta [direct speech]), Lamentations 4:15 (id.), Proverbs 2:3 (לְבִינָה); subject י׳ Micah 6:9; Jeremiah 35:17.
b. cry for help, absolute, (in poetry and late) Zechariah 7:13; Isaiah 58:9; Isaiah 65:24; Job 5:1; Job 9:16; Proverbs 21:13; Psalm 4:2; Psalm 20:10 + 10 times Psalms (Psalm 147:9 of young ravens); בֵּאָזְנֵי Ezekiel 8:18.
c. בְּשֵׁם י׳ ק׳ call with name of י׳ (i.e. use it in invocation): Genesis 4:26; Genesis 12:8; 2 Kings 5:11; Jeremiah 10:25 = Psalm 79:6 + 16 times (1 Kings 18:24 of specific appeal to י׳ to display his power), + Isaiah 65:1 (see Pu.); with name of Baal 1 Kings 18:24, 25, 26.
d. late, with accusative dei Isaiah 43:22; Psalm 14:4 + 4 times Psalms; absolute Psalm 116:2.
3. proclaim:
a. with accusative of thing procl. Amos 4:5; Genesis 41:43; Deuteronomy 15:2; Jeremiah 31:6; Leviticus 25:10 +; צוֺם ק׳ proclaim a fast 1 Kings 21:9, 12; Jeremiah 36:9 +, מוֺעֲדֵי י׳ ק׳ Leviticus 23:2, 4; ק׳ followed by oratio recta [direct speech] Exodus 34:6, etc.; followed by ל person Jeremiah 34:8, 15, 17 (twice in verse); Isaiah 61:1, עַל person (against, concerning) 1 Kings 13:4, 32; Jeremiah 49:29; Lamentations 1:15; proclaim peace to (ל person) Judges 21:13; compare אֵלֶיהָ לְשָׁלוֺם ק׳ Deuteronomy 20:10; ק׳ with accusative of congnate meaning with verb מִקְרָא Isaiah 1:13, הַקְּרִיאָה Jonah 3:2 (+ אֶל).
b. שֵׁם י׳ ק׳ Deuteronomy 32:3; Psalm 99:6; so (earlier) בְשֵׁם י׳ ק׳ Exodus 33:19; Exodus 34:5 (JE); compare בְּשֵׁם יַעֲקֹב ק׳ Isaiah 44:5 (but read יִקָּרֵא, Lo Che and most).
c. עֲלֵי בֵּשׁ׳ ק׳ Psalm 49:12 proclaim (with) name over landed estates, claim possession (Hup Bae); proclaim one's own name Ruth 4:11 = become famous; passive participle proclaimed, i.e. renowned Ezekiel 23:23.
d. absolute make proclamation (sometimes + אָמַר, לֵאמֹר) Judges 7:3; Jeremiah 2:2 (בְּאָוְנֵי) Zechariah 1:14, 17; Jonah 3:4; Isaiah 40:3, 6 +, with עַל concerning Nehemiah 6:7, against 1 Kings 13:2; Jonah 1:3.
†4.
a. read aloud, often בְּאָוְבֵי, less often לפְנֵי, with ב of roll, book Jeremiah 36:6, 8, 14; Nehemiah 8:3, 8; Nehemiah 9:3; 2 Chronicles 34:18, + accusative of words Jeremiah 36:8, 10; object omitted Exodus 24:7 (E) Jeremiah 36:15; with acc of roll, book Jeremiah 36:15; Jeremiah 36:21; Jeremiah 51:63; 2 Kings 22:10; 2 Chronicles 34:24, of letter (סֵפֶר), writing 2 Kings 5:7; Isaiah 29:11, 12; Jeremiah 29:29, columns of manuscript Jeremiah 36:23; with accusative of words Joshua 8:34, 35; Jeremiah 36:6; Jeremiah 51:61; 2 Kings 23:2 2 Chronicles 34:30, compare Deuteronomy 31:11.
b. read, to oneself, in (ב) a roll, book, Deuteronomy 17:19; Nehemiah 8:18, so of vision written on tablets Habakkuk 2:2; with accusative of letter (סֵפֶר) 2 Kings 19:14 = Isaiah 37:14, book 2 Kings 22:8; absolute Isaiah 34:16.
c. read, for hear read, 2 Kings 22:16.
5. summon: usually
a. with ל person: Genesis 12:18; Genesis 20:8, 9; Numbers 22:5, 20, 37; Judges 8:1; 1 Samuel 3:5, 6, 8 (twice in verse) + often (with about + 100 times), + ל reflexive 1 Kings 1:28, 32, + אֶל location Exodus 19:20, + אֶל person 2 Samuel 9:2, + infinitive purpose Joshua 24:9; Judges 12:1; Judges 14:16; 1 Samuel 28:15, + מִן local Hosea 11:1; Judges 4:6; + בִּשְׁמֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 45:4 summon by thy name; specifically summon = invite (especially to feast) Exodus 34:15; Judges 14:15)+ infinitive purpose) 1 Samuel 16:3)+ בַּזָּבַ֑ח, read probably לַזּ׳ see HPS), 1 Samuel 16:5)+ לַזּ׳), 1 Kings 19:26 + (approximately + 17 times).
b. with אֶל person Exodus 10:24; Joshua 4:4; Joshua 10:24; 1 Kings 13:21 + (about + 20 times); אֶל person + ל person (different persons in same relation) Exodus 8:21; Jeremiah 42:8; = call for (demand to see), with אֶל person 2 Kings 18:18; with ל of thing = demand, require Proverbs 18:6; compare Proverbs 27:16 (probably corrupt, see Toy).
c. with accusative of person Genesis 41:8, 14; Exodus 2:7)+ ל person), Exodus 2:7; Amos 5:16)+ אֶל of thing), Isaiah 13:3 (ל of thing), 1 Samuel 3:16; 1 Samuel 22:11 + (about. + 33 times), insert וַיַקְרָא in this sense also 2 Samuel 15:12 LXX of Lucian (Lag.) We Dr and most; + infinitive purpose Numbers 24:10, מִמִּוְרָח עַיִט ק׳ Isaiah 46:11; in weakened sense (to bring response, or bring person near) Songs 5:6; specifically invite, 1 Samuel 9:24 (but corrupt, see especially HPS), 1 Kings 1:9 (also + ל, MT), 1 Kings 1:10; 1 Kings 12:20 (+ אֶל location), Deuteronomy 33:19 (accusative of location); אֲנִי קָרוּא לָהּ Esther 5:12, passive participle elsewhere plural, invited ones, guests 1 Samuel 9:13, 22; 2 Samuel 15:11; 1 Kings 1:41, 49; Zephaniah 1:7; Proverbs 9:18; invite or summon (accusative of person) for help, succour, Hosea 7:11; usually object י׳ (in poetry and late) Jeremiah 29:12; 2 Samuel 22:4, 7 = Psalm 18:4; Psalm 18:7; Isaiah 55:6; Lamentations 3:57; Job 27:10; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 86:5 + 8 times Psalms, accusative שֵׁם י׳ Lamentations 3:55; accusative חכמה Proverbs 1:28.
d. absolute call, summon Amos 7:4 (+ ל of thing), Isaiah 22:12 (id.), 1 Samuel 3:5, 6; Zechariah 7:13; י׳ (God) Isaiah 52:2; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4; Job 13:22; Job 14:15, קְרוּאֵי הָעֵדָה Numbers 1:17 Qr (Kt קְרִיאֵי), Numbers 26:9 Kt (Qr קְרִיאֵי !)
e. call and commission, appoint, accusative of person, Isaiah 48:15; Isaiah 49:1, + בְּשֵׁם by name, specifically, Exodus 31:2; Exodus 35:30; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 45:3.
f. call and endow (with privilege) Isaiah 51:2; Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 55:5.
6. call=name:
a. (early and most common usage), call one's name (שֵׁם) so and so, 2 accusative: of person Genesis 3:20; Genesis 4:25, 26; Genesis 5:2, 3, 29; + 34 times Genesis; Exodus 2:10, 22; Hosea 1:4, 6, 9; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 8:3; Isaiah 9:5 + 10 times (Jeremiah 46:17 read קִרְאוּ שֵׁם Greek Version of the LXX Gie and others); of places, etc., Genesis 4:17; Genesis 11:9 + 17 times Genesis; Judges 1:17, 26; Judges 2:5; Judges 15:19; Judges 18:29 + 21 times
b. with accusative of appellation ony, Ezekiel 39:11.
c. accusative of person or location + accusative appellative Hosea 2:18; Deuteronomy 3:14; Jeremiah 23:6; Isaiah 58:5; Numbers 32:41.
d. accusative of person + clause Psalm 89:27.
e. = give name to, accusative appellation + ל person (location, or thing):
(1) person Hosea 2:18; Genesis 35:18; 1 Samuel 4:21; Jeremiah 3:19; Jeremiah 30:17; Jeremiah 33:16 +9 times;
(2) location, or thing, Judges 18:12; 2 Samuel 2:16; 2 Samuel 5:9; 2 Samuel 6:8; Joshua 22:34 (name lost, Syriac Version Hebrew Manuscripts Ins. עֵד; compare Di Steuern), Genesis 1:5 (twice in verse); Genesis 1:8; Genesis 2:19 (twice in verse); Exodus 33:7 + 30 times + Job 17:14 (ל + sentence including name).
f. with בְּשֵׁם + ל Isaiah 40:26, compare Isaiah 65:11 (שֵׁם אַחֵר), Psalm 147:4 (שֵׁמוֺת), Ruth 4:17 (שֵׁם + לֵאמֹר), Genesis 2:20; Genesis 26:18 (twice in verse) (all with שֵׁם).
g. with ל of thing + עַלאשֵׁם 2 Samuel 18:16.
h. call by ב names the names (accusative) of cities Numbers 32:38; call to (ב) city, + appelll., + בִּשְׁמוֺ Numbers 32:42.
i. call cities (accusative) בְּשֵׁם, i.e, specify them, Joshua 21:9; 1 Chronicles 6:50 (בְּשֵׁמוֺת).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִקְרָא Jeremiah 4:20 +, 1st person singular נִקְרֵאתִי Esther 4:11, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִקָּרֵא Genesis 2:23 +, וַיִּקָּרֵא Ezekiel 20:29 +, etc.; Participle נִקְרָא Isaiah 43:7; Jeremiah 44:26; plural נִקְרָאִים Isaiah 48:1; Esther 6:1; —
1. reflexive, מֵעִיר הַקֹּדֶשׁ נִק׳ Isaiah 48:2 from the holy city they call themselves.
2. passive be called:
a. be proclaimed (compare Qal 3), of שֵׁם י׳ Jeremiah 44:26 (בְּפֶה instrumental); of man's name = be famous Ruth 4:14; = be announced Jeremiah 4:20.
b. be read aloud compare Qal 4): impersonal with ב of book, + בְּאָוְנֵי Nehemiah 13:1; subject records Esther 6:1 (לפְנֵי).
c. be summoned (compare Qal 5: Isaiah 31:4 (עַל against); Esther 3:12; Esther 4:11 (twice in verse); verse); 8: 9; + בְּשֵׁם, i.e. specifically, Esther 2:14,
d. be named (compare Qal 6.):
(1) appell. subject + ל person Genesis 2:23 to her shall be called 'woman', 1 Samuel 9:9; Isaiah 32:5; Isaiah 62:4, 12; Proverbs 16:21; + ל location 2 Samuel 18:18; Isaiah 1:26; Isaiah 35:8; Jeremiah 19:6.
(2) וְנִקְרָא שְׁמוֺ ונו׳ Deuteronomy 25:10, so Genesis 35:10; Daniel 10:1; Ezekiel 20:29 (of place); אֶתשִֿׁמְךָ Ezekiel 20:29.
(3) וגו׳ וְנִקְרְאָה יְרוּשׁ׳ Zechariah 8:3, so land Deuteronomy 3:18, temple Isaiah 56:7.
(4) especially עַל נִקְרָא שֵׁם י׳, denoting ownership, of person Jeremiah 15:16, people Deuteronomy 28:10; Jeremiah 14:9; Amos 9:12; Isaiah 63:19; 2 Chronicles 7:14, ark 2 Samuel 6:2 (strike out 2nd שֵׁם Greek Version of the LXX We Dr and others), = 1 Chronicles 13:6 (adding עָלָיו Oettli Kau; > KitHpt שְׁמוֺ שָׁם), temple 1 Kings 8:43 2 Chronicles 6:33; Jeremiah 7:10, 11, 14, 30; Jeremiah 32:34; Jeremiah 34:15, city Jeremiah 25:29; Daniel 9:18, city + people Daniel 9:19; so name of man 2 Samuel 12:28, as given to his wife Isaiah 4:1
(5) be called עַל שֵׁם, i.e. reckoned to, Genesis 48:6; Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 61:6; עַלאשֵׁבֶט 1 Chronicles 23:14, compare Ezra 2:61 = Nehemiah 7:63.
(6) be called בְּשֵׁם Isaiah 43:7; Isaiah 48:1.
(7) ךְָָ זָ֑רַע בְּיִצְתָק יִקּ׳ Genesis 21:12, i.e. in (through) יִצ׳ shall seed be reckoned to three; וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי Genesis 48:16 through them shall my name be called, i.e. perpetuated.
(8) be named = menationed, of person Isaiah 14:20
(9) subject שֵׁם Ecclesiastes 6:10, i.e. thing is known.
† Pu. (Ezekiel and Isa 2) Perfect 3rd person masculine singular קֹרָא be called, subject appell. + ל person or of thing = be named, Isaiah 48:8; Ezekiel 10:13 (קוֺ׳); וְקֹרָא consecutive Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 61:3; Isaiah 62:2 (שֵׁם חָדָשׁ); גּוֺי לאֹ קֹרָא בִּשְׁמִי Isaiah 65:1; (< קָרָא or קֹרֵא [Qal 2 c], Vrss Lo Ew Che Di and others); be called and privileged (compare Qal 5 f); Participle מְקרָאִי יִש׳ Isaiah 48:12.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7123.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:5; 1:8; 2:19; 2:19; 2:20; 2:23; 2:23; 3:9; 3:20; 4:17; 4:25; 4:26; 4:26; 5:2; 5:3; 5:29; 11:9; 11:9; 12:8; 12:18; 19:5; 20:8; 20:9; 21:12; 26:18; 35:10; 35:18; 39:14; 39:15; 39:18; 41:8; 41:14; 41:43; 45:1; 48:6; 48:16

Exodus

2:7; 2:7; 2:10; 2:22; 3:4; 8:21; 10:24; 19:20; 24:7; 31:2; 33:7; 33:19; 34:5; 34:6; 34:15; 35:30

Leviticus

13:45; 23:2; 23:4; 25:10

Numbers

1:16; 1:17; 22:5; 22:20; 22:37; 24:10; 25:2; 26:9; 26:9; 32:38; 32:41; 32:42

Deuteronomy

3:14; 3:18; 15:2; 15:9; 17:19; 20:10; 24:15; 25:10; 28:10; 31:11; 32:3; 32:3; 33:19

Joshua

4:4; 8:34; 8:35; 10:24; 21:9; 22:34; 24:9

Judges

1:17; 1:26; 2:5; 4:6; 7:3; 7:3; 7:20; 8:1; 8:1; 9:7; 12:1; 12:1; 14:15; 14:16; 15:18; 15:19; 18:12; 18:29; 21:13

Ruth

1:20; 1:21; 4:11; 4:14; 4:17; 4:17

1 Samuel

3:4; 3:5; 3:5; 3:6; 3:6; 3:6; 3:6; 3:8; 3:8; 3:10; 3:16; 4:21; 9:9; 9:13; 9:13; 9:22; 9:22; 9:24; 12:17; 12:18; 16:3; 16:5; 20:37; 20:38; 22:11; 24:8; 24:9; 28:15; 28:15

2 Samuel

1:15; 2:16; 5:9; 6:2; 6:8; 9:2; 12:28; 15:11; 15:12; 18:16; 18:18; 18:25; 18:28; 20:16; 22:4; 22:7

1 Kings

1:9; 1:10; 1:28; 1:32; 1:41; 1:49; 8:43; 12:20; 13:2; 13:4; 13:21; 13:32; 18:24; 18:24; 18:25; 18:26; 18:27; 18:28; 21:9; 21:12

2 Kings

4:36; 5:7; 5:11; 7:11; 11:14; 18:18; 18:28; 19:14; 22:8; 22:10; 22:16; 23:2

1 Chronicles

4:10; 6:50; 13:6; 23:14

2 Chronicles

6:33; 7:14; 32:18; 34:18; 34:24; 34:30

Ezra

2:61

Nehemiah

6:7; 7:63; 8:3; 8:8; 8:18; 9:3; 13:1

Esther

2:14; 3:12; 4:11; 4:11; 5:12; 5:12; 6:1; 6:1

Job

5:1; 9:16; 13:22; 14:14; 14:15; 17:14; 19:16; 27:10

Psalms

4:2; 4:2; 14:4; 18:4; 18:7; 49:12; 50:15; 50:15; 57:3; 66:17; 79:6; 86:5; 89:27; 99:6; 99:6; 116:2; 141:1; 147:4; 147:9

Proverbs

1:28; 2:3; 9:18; 16:21; 18:6; 21:13; 27:16

Ecclesiastes

6:10

Song of Songs

5:6

Isaiah

1:13; 1:26; 4:1; 6:3; 6:4; 7:14; 7:14; 8:3; 9:5; 13:3; 14:20; 22:12; 29:11; 29:12; 31:4; 32:5; 34:14; 34:16; 35:8; 36:13; 37:14; 40:3; 40:6; 40:26; 41:2; 43:1; 43:7; 43:7; 43:22; 44:5; 45:3; 45:4; 46:11; 48:1; 48:1; 48:2; 48:8; 48:12; 48:15; 49:1; 51:2; 52:2; 54:5; 54:5; 55:5; 55:6; 56:7; 58:5; 58:9; 58:12; 59:4; 61:1; 61:3; 61:6; 62:2; 62:4; 62:12; 63:19; 65:1; 65:1; 65:11; 65:12; 65:24; 66:4

Jeremiah

1:15; 2:2; 3:4; 3:19; 4:6; 4:20; 4:20; 7:10; 7:11; 7:14; 7:30; 10:25; 12:6; 14:9; 15:16; 19:6; 20:8; 23:6; 23:6; 25:29; 29:12; 29:29; 30:17; 31:6; 32:34; 33:16; 34:8; 34:15; 34:15; 34:17; 35:17; 36:6; 36:6; 36:8; 36:8; 36:9; 36:10; 36:14; 36:15; 36:15; 36:18; 36:21; 36:23; 42:8; 44:26; 44:26; 46:17; 49:29; 51:61; 51:63

Lamentations

1:15; 3:55; 3:57; 4:15

Ezekiel

8:18; 9:1; 10:13; 20:29; 20:29; 20:29; 23:23; 23:23; 39:11

Daniel

8:16; 9:18; 9:19; 10:1

Hosea

1:4; 1:6; 1:9; 2:18; 2:18; 3:5; 4:4; 7:7; 7:11; 11:1

Amos

4:5; 5:8; 5:16; 7:4; 9:12

Jonah

1:3; 3:2; 3:4

Micah

6:9

Habakkuk

2:2

Zephaniah

1:7

Zechariah

1:14; 1:17; 7:13; 7:13; 8:3

H7121

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Strong's Number H7121 matches the Hebrew קָרָא (qārā'),
which occurs 739 times in 689 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 7 / 14 (1Ki 8:43–2Ki 22:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43 - hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls H7121 to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to [fn]fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that [fn]this house which I have built is called H7121 by Your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:52 - that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call H7121 to You.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:13 - He said, “What are these cities which you have given me, my brother?” So [fn]they were called H7121 the land of [fn]Cabul to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:3 - Then they sent and called H7121 him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20 - It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called H7121 him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. None but the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - He cried H7121 against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the LORD, ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - Now when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried H7121 against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - and he cried H7121 to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Because you have [fn]disobeyed the [fn]command of the LORD, and have not observed the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32 - “For the thing shall surely come to pass which he cried H7121 by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:24 - He bought the hill [fn]Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named H7121 the city which he built [fn]Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called H7121 to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a [fn]jar, that I may drink.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:11 - As she was going to get it, he called H7121 to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20 - He called H7121 to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, have You also brought calamity to the widow with whom I am [fn]staying, by causing her son to die?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and called H7121 to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, I pray You, let this child’s life return [fn]to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:3 - Ahab called H7121 Obadiah who was over the household. (Now Obadiah [fn]feared the LORD greatly;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:24 - “Then you call H7121 on the name of your god, and I will call H7121 on the name of the LORD, and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people said, “[fn]That is a good idea.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:25 - So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one ox for yourselves and prepare it first for you are many, and call H7121 on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - Then they took the ox which [fn]was given them and they prepared it and called H7121 on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, “O Baal, answer us.” But there was no voice and no one answered. And they [fn]leaped about the altar which [fn]they made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call H7121 out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:28 - So they cried H7121 with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:7 - Then the king of Israel called H7121 all the elders of the land and said, “Please observe and see how this man is looking for trouble; for he sent to me for my wives and my children and my silver and my gold, and I did not refuse him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:9 - Now she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim H7121 a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:12 - They proclaimed H7121 a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9 - Then the king of Israel called H7121 an officer and said, “[fn]Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imlah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:13 - Then the messenger who went to summon H7121 Micaiah spoke to him saying, “Behold now, the words of the prophets are uniformly favorable to the king. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:10 - Then the king of Israel said, “Alas! For the LORD has called H7121 these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13 - Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What do I have to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “No, for the LORD has called H7121 these three kings together to give them into the hand of Moab.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:12 - Then he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call H7121 this Shunammite.” And when he had called H7121 her, she stood before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:15 - He said, “Call H7121 her.” When he had called H7121 her, she stood in the doorway.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - Then she called H7121 to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:36 - He called H7121 Gehazi and said, “Call H7121 this Shunammite.” So he called H7121 her. And when she came in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:7 - When the king of Israel read H7121 the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? But consider now, and see how he is seeking [fn]a quarrel against me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:11 - But Naaman was furious and went away and said, “Behold, I [fn]thought, ‘He will surely come out to me and stand and call H7121 on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:11 - Now the heart of the king of Aram was enraged over this thing; and he called H7121 his servants and said to them, “Will you tell me which of us is for the king of Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they came and called H7121 to the gatekeepers of the city, and they told them, saying, “We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no one there, nor the voice of man, only the horses tied and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:11 - The gatekeepers called H7121 and told it within the king’s household.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 - Now Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise and go [fn]with your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn; for the LORD has called H7121 for a famine, and it will even come on the land for seven years.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - Now Elisha the prophet called H7121 one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand and go to Ramoth-gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - “Now, summon H7121 all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests; let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal; whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it in [fn]cunning, so that he might destroy the worshipers of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:20 - And Jehu said, “Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.” And they proclaimed H7121 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:14 - She looked and behold, the king was standing by the pillar, according to the custom, with the captains and the [fn]trumpeters beside the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, H7121 “Treason! Treason!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:7 - Then King Jehoash called H7121 for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests and said to them, “Why do you not repair the damages of the house? Now therefore take no more money from your acquaintances, but pay it for the damages of the house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - He [fn]killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt 10,000 and took Sela by war, and named H7121 it Joktheel to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed the high places and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the [fn]Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it; and it was called H7121 [fn]Nehushtan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:18 - When they called H7121 to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came out to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:28 - Then Rabshakeh stood and cried H7121 with a loud voice in Judean, [fn]saying, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:14 - Then Hezekiah took the [fn]letter from the hand of the messengers and read H7121 it, and he went up to the house of the LORD and [fn]spread it out before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:11 - Isaiah the prophet cried H7121 to the LORD, and He brought the shadow on the [fn]stairway back ten steps by which it had gone down on the [fn]stairway of Ahaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:8 - Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan who read H7121 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:10 - Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read H7121 it in the presence of the king.

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