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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 he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8 - God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:19 - Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. 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 gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam[fn] no suitable helper was found.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:23 - The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall 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, “Where are you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:20 - Adam[fn] named his wife Eve,[fn] because she would become the mother of all the living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17 - Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:25 - Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth,[fn] saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:26 - Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on[fn] the name of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind”[fn] when they were created.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - He named him Noah[fn] and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9 - That is why it was called Babel[fn]—because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - From there he went on toward the hills 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 called on the name of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:18 - So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:11 - The angel of the LORD also said to her: “You are now pregnant and you will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael,[fn] for the LORD has heard of your misery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:13 - She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen[fn] the 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[fn]; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15 - So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5 - No longer will you be called Abram[fn]; your name will be Abraham,[fn] for I have made you a father of many nations.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:19 - Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac.[fn] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:5 - They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.[fn])

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:37 - The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab[fn]; he is the father of the Moabites of today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:38 - The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi[fn]; he is the father of the Ammonites[fn] of today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9 - Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:3 - Abraham gave the name Isaac[fn] to the son Sarah bore him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring[fn] will be reckoned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - So that place was called Beersheba,[fn] because the two men 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 Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:11 - But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:14 - So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:57 - Then they said, “Let’s call the young woman and ask her about it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:58

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:58 - So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:25 - The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob.[fn] Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.[fn])

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20 - But the herders of Gerar quarreled with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek,[fn] because they disputed with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth,[fn] saying, “Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.

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