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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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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 1 / 14 (Gen 1:5–Gen 26:25)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8 - God called the expanse "sky." There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:10 - God called the dry ground "land" and the gathered waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:19 - The LORD God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:20 - So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:23 - Then the man said, "This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:9 - But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:20 - The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17 - Cain had marital relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:25 - And Adam had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, "God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:26 - And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them "humankind."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:3 - When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - He named him Noah, saying, "This one will bring us comfort from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the LORD has cursed."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9 - That is why its name was called Babel - because there the LORD confused the language of the entire world, and from there the LORD scattered them across the face of the entire earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshiped the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:18 - So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:11 - Then the LORD's angel said to her, "You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your painful groans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:13 - So Hagar named the LORD who spoke to her, "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Here I have seen one who sees me!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:14 - That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. (It is located between Kadesh and Bered.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15 - So Hagar gave birth to Abram's son, whom Abram named Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5 - No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:15 - Then God said to Abraham, "As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:19 - God said, "No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:5 - They shouted to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:37 - The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:38 - The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9 - Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:3 - Abraham named his son - whom Sarah bore to him - Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God said to Abraham, "Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - But God heard the boy's voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Don't be afraid, for God has heard the boy's voice right where he is crying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33 - Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the LORD, the eternal God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:11 - But the LORD's angel called to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am!" he answered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:14 - And Abraham called the name of that place "The LORD provides." It is said to this day, "In the mountain of the LORD provision will be made."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:15 - The LORD's angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:57 - Then they said, "We'll call the girl and find out what she wants to do."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:58 - So they called Rebekah and asked her, "Do you want to go with this man?" She replied, "I want to go."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:25 - The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - So Esau said to Jacob, "Feed me some of the red stuff - yes, this red stuff - because I'm starving!" (That is why he was also called Edom.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, "She is really your wife! Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac replied, "Because I thought someone might kill me to get her."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave these wells the same names his father had given them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20 - the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water belongs to us!" So Isaac named the well Esek because they argued with him about it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - His servants dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac named it Rehoboth, saying, "For now the LORD has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

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