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Lexicon :: Strong's H7122 - 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, to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
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TWOT Reference: 2064

Strong’s Definitions

קָרָא qârâʼ, kaw-raw'; a primitive root; to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner:—befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H7122 in the following manner: befall (5x), come (4x), chance (2x), happened (2x), met (2x), fall out (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H7122 in the following manner: befall (5x), come (4x), chance (2x), happened (2x), met (2x), fall out (1x).

  1. to encounter, befall, meet

    1. (Qal)

      1. to meet, encounter

      2. to befall (fig)

    2. (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to meet

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָרָא qârâʼ, kaw-raw'; a primitive root; to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner:—befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.
STRONGS H7122: Abbreviations
II. [קָרָא]137 verb encounter, befall (|| form of קָרָה, which see.; SI4 לקרת to meet, opposite; Arabic bdb089601 put part to part; Minaean קרא set opposite, HomChrest. 127); —
Qal131 Perfect5 3rd person masculine singular suffix קְרָאַנִי Jeremiah 13:22; Job 4:14; 3rd person feminine singular קָרָאת Deuteronomy 31:29; Jeremiah 44:23, etc; Imperfect4 3rd person masculine singular יִקְרָא Genesis 49:1, suffix יִקְרָאֶנוּ Genesis 42:4; 3rd person feminine plural וַתִּקְרֶאנָה Leviticus 10:19; Exodus 1:10 read 3rd person feminine singular suffix תִּקְרָאֵנוּ (Sam Vrss Di Ges§ 47 k SoKau Baen); Infinitive construct121 לקְרַאת (Ges§ 19 k Ol§ 137),
[H7125 Genesis 15:10] +, etc.;
Participle feminine plural suffix קרְאִתַיִךְ Isaiah 51:19; —
[H7125 1. meet, encounter, only infinitive construct לִקְרַאת often= preposition toward, against (Köii. l, 317), almost always with accusative of person, after verb of motion, Isaiah 7:3; Genesis 19:1; Genesis 24:17; Judges 4:18, 22; 1 Kings 2:8] +; in war, battle, Judges 7:24; 20:25, 31; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Kings 20:27 +, after עָרַךְ 2 Samuel 10:9, 10, 17 +; Psalm 35:3 see סגר 2b; לְחַזֵּק לִבָּם לִק׳ הַמִּלְחָמָה Joshua 11:20 to harden their heart to encounter the war with Israel; after הִנֵּה (without verb of motion), 1 Samuel 10:10; 2 Samuel 15:32; 16:1; 1 Kings 18:7; Proverbs 7:10; in construction praegn. וַיִשְׂמַח לִק׳ Judges 19:3 he rejoiced to meet him, + [H8055 1 Samuel 6:13] (Greek Version of the LXX We Dr and others); חרד לִק׳ 2 Kings 10:15, נצב Exodus 5:20; 7:15; Numbers 22:34, etc.; redund. [redundant ?] לִק׳ יִקָּרֶה י׳ Numbers 23:3; implication of helping, Isaiah 21:14; Psalm 59:5 [Psalm 59:4] (figurative); נְחָשִׁים לִק׳ Numbers 24:1 he did not go to encounter (in expectation of) signs of divination; in metaphor Isaiah 14:9, || אֱםהֶי לִק׳ Amos 4:12].
2. figurative befall with accusative of person, bad sense Genesis 42:4, Genesis 42:38; Deuteronomy 31:29; Jeremiah 13:22; Jeremiah 44:23; Isaiah 51:19; Job 4:14; Leviticus 10:19; of war Exodus 1:10 (see above) in general, Genesis 49:1.
Niph. meet unexpectedly; Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִקְרָא, with עַל person Exodus 5:3; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּקָּרֵא, with לִפְנֵי person 2 Samuel 18:9; Perfect 2 Samuel 20:1 with שָׁם, chanced to be there; Imperfect of bird's nest 2 Samuel 20:1 (לִפְנֵי); Infinitive absolute נִקְרֹא see קרה.
Hiph. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular וַחַקְרֵא Jeremiah 32:23 thou didst cause all this evil to befall them (accusative of person and thing).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

42:4; 42:4; 42:38; 49:1; 49:1

Exodus

1:10; 1:10; 5:3

Leviticus

10:19; 10:19

Deuteronomy

22:6; 31:29; 31:29

2 Samuel

18:9; 20:1

Job

4:14; 4:14

Isaiah

51:19; 51:19

Jeremiah

13:22; 13:22; 32:23; 44:23; 44:23

H7122

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Strong's Number H7122 matches the Hebrew קָרָא (qārā'),
which occurs 37 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But [fn]Jacob said, H559 “My son H1121 shall not go H3381 down H3381 with you; for his brother H251 is dead, H4191 and he alone H905 is left. H7604 If harm H611 should befall H7122 him on the journey H1870 [fn]you are taking, H1980 then you will bring H3381 my gray H7872 hair H7872 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 in sorrow.” H3015

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:1 - Then Jacob H3290 summoned H7121 his sons H1121 and said, H559 “Assemble H622 yourselves that I may tell H5046 you what H834 will befall H7122 you in the [fn]days H3117 to come. H319

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - Then they said, H559 “The God H430 of the Hebrews H5680 has met H7122 with us. Please, H4994 let us go H1980 a three H7969 days’ H3117 journey H1870 into the wilderness H4057 that we may sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 our God, H430 otherwise H6435 He will fall H6293 upon us with pestilence H1698 or H176 with the sword.” H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:19 - But Aaron H175 spoke H1696 to Moses, H4872 “Behold, H2005 this very day H3117 they presented H7126 their sin H2403 offering H2403 and their burnt H5930 offering H5930 before H6440 the LORD. H3068 When things like these H428 happened H7122 to me, if I had eaten H398 a sin H2403 offering H2403 today, H3117 would it have been good H3190 in the sight H5869 of the LORD?” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6 - “If H3588 you happen H7122 to come H7122 upon a bird’s H6833 nest H7064 along the way, H1870 in any H3605 tree H6086 or H176 on the ground, H776 with young H667 ones H667 or H176 eggs, H1000 and the mother H517 sitting H7257 on the young H667 or H176 on the eggs, H1000 you shall not take H3947 the mother H517 with the young; H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:29 - “For I know H3045 that after H310 my death H4194 you will act H7843 corruptly H7843 and turn H5493 from the way H1870 which H834 I have commanded H6680 you; and evil H7451 will befall H7122 you in the latter H319 days, H3117 for you will do H6213 that which H7451 is evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD, H3068 provoking H3707 Him to anger H3707 with the work H4639 of your hands.” H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:1 - Thus the word H1697 of Samuel H8050 came H1961 to all H3605 Israel. H3478 Now Israel H3478 went H3318 out to meet H7122 the Philistines H6430 in battle H4421 and camped H2583 beside H5921 Ebenezer H72 while the Philistines H6430 camped H2583 in Aphek. H663

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - The Philistines H6430 drew H6186 up in battle H6186 array to meet H7122 Israel. H3478 When the battle H4421 spread, H5203 Israel H3478 was [fn]defeated H5062 before H6440 the Philistines H6430 who killed H5221 about four H702 thousand H505 men H376 on the battlefield. H4634 H7704

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:14 - So they went H5927 up to the city. H5892 As they came H935 into the city, H5892 behold, H2009 Samuel H8050 was coming H3318 out toward H7122 them to go H5927 up to the high H1116 place. H1116

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When they came H935 to [fn]the hill H1389 there, H8033 behold, H2009 a group H2256 of prophets H5030 met H7122 him; and the Spirit H7307 of God H430 came H6743 upon him mightily, H6743 so that he prophesied H5012 among H8432 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:10 - As soon as he finished H3615 offering H5927 the burnt H5930 offering, H5930 behold, H2009 Samuel H8050 came; H935 and Saul H7586 went H3318 out to meet H7122 him and to [fn]greet H1288 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:12 - Samuel H8050 rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 to meet H7122 Saul; H7586 and it was told H5046 Samuel, H8050 saying, H559 “Saul H7586 came H935 to Carmel, H3760 and behold, H2009 he set H5324 up a monument H3027 for himself, then turned H5437 and proceeded H5674 on [fn]down H3381 to Gilgal.” H1537

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - So Samuel H8050 did H6213 what H834 the LORD H3068 said, H1696 and came H935 to Bethlehem. H1035 And the elders H2205 of the city H5892 came H2729 trembling H2729 to meet H7122 him and said, H559 “Do you come H935 in peace?” H7965

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:2 - Saul H7586 and the men H376 of Israel H3478 were gathered H622 and camped H2583 in the valley H6010 of Elah, H424 and drew H6186 up in battle H4421 array to encounter H7122 the Philistines. H6430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:21 - Israel H3478 and the Philistines H6430 drew H6186 up in battle H6186 array, army H4634 against H7122 army. H4634

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:48 - Then it happened H1961 when H3588 the Philistine H6430 rose H6965 and came H1980 and drew H7126 near H7126 to meet H7122 David, H1732 that David H1732 ran H7323 quickly H4116 toward the battle H4634 line H4634 to meet H7122 the Philistine. H6430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:55 - Now when Saul H7586 saw H7200 David H1732 going H3318 out against H7122 the Philistine, H6430 he said H559 to Abner H74 the commander H8269 of the army, H6635 “Abner, H74 whose H4310 son H1121 is this H2088 young H5288 man?” H5288 And Abner H74 said, H559 “By your life, H5315 O king, H4428 I do not know.” H3045

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - It happened H1961 as they were coming, H935 when David H1732 returned H7725 from killing H5221 the Philistine, H6430 that the women H802 came H3318 out of all H3605 the cities H5892 of Israel, H3478 singing H7891 and dancing, H4246 to meet H7122 King H4428 Saul, H7586 with tambourines, H8596 with joy H8057 and with [fn]musical H7991 instruments. H7991

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:1 - Then David H1732 came H935 to Nob H5011 to Ahimelech H288 the priest; H3548 and Ahimelech H288 came H2729 trembling H2729 to meet H7122 David H1732 and said H559 to him, “Why H4069 are you alone H905 and no H369 one H376 with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:28 - So Saul H7586 returned H7725 from pursuing H7291 David H1732 and went H1980 to meet H7122 the Philistines; H6430 therefore H5921 H3651 they called H7121 that place H4725 [fn]the Rock H5553 of Escape. H4256

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20 - It came H1961 about as she was riding H7392 on her donkey H2543 and coming H3381 down H3381 by the hidden H5643 part H5643 of the mountain, H2022 that behold, H2009 David H1732 and his men H376 were coming H3381 down H3381 toward H7122 her; so she met H6298 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:32 - Then David H1732 said H559 to Abigail, H26 “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel, H3478 who H834 sent H7971 you this H2088 day H3117 to meet H7122 me,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - “Nevertheless, H199 as the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 lives, H2416 who H834 has restrained H4513 me from harming H7489 you, unless H3588 H3884 you had come H935 quickly H4116 to meet H7122 me, surely H3588 H518 there would not have been left H3498 to Nabal H5037 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216 as much as one [fn]male.” H8366 H7023

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:21 - When David H1732 came H935 to the two hundred H3967 men H376 who H834 were too H4480 exhausted H6296 to follow H1980 H310 David, H1732 who had also been left H3427 at the brook H5158 Besor, H1308 and they went H3318 out to meet H7122 David H1732 and to meet H7122 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, then David H1732 approached H5066 the people H5971 and greeted H7592 H7965 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - The young H5288 man H5288 who told H5046 him said, H559 “By chance H7122 I happened H7136 to be on Mount H2022 Gilboa, H1533 and behold, H2009 Saul H7586 was leaning H8172 on his spear. H2595 And behold, H2009 the chariots H7393 and the horsemen H6571 pursued H1692 him closely. H1692

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - Now when David H1732 had passed H5674 a little H4592 beyond H5674 the summit, H7218 behold, H2009 Ziba H6717 the servant H5288 of Mephibosheth H4648 met H7122 him with a couple H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys, H2543 and on them were two H3967 hundred H3967 loaves of bread, H3899 a hundred H3967 clusters H6778 of raisins, H6778 a hundred H3967 summer H7019 fruits, H7019 and a jug H5035 of wine. H3196

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:9 - Now Absalom H53 happened to meet H7122 the servants H5650 of David. H1732 For Absalom H53 was riding H7392 on his mule, H6505 and the mule H6505 went H935 under H8478 the thick H7730 branches H7730 of a great H1419 oak. H424 And his head H7218 caught H2388 fast H2388 in the oak, H424 so he was [fn]left H5414 hanging H5414 between H996 heaven H8064 and earth, H776 while the mule H6505 that was under H8478 him kept going. H5674

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:1 - Now a worthless H1100 fellow H376 happened H7122 to be there H8033 whose name H8034 was Sheba, H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri, H1075 a Benjamite; H376 H3228 and he blew H8628 the trumpet H7782 and said, H559
“We have H369 no H369 portion H2506 in David, H1732
Nor H3808 do we have inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse; H3448
Every H376 man H376 to his tents, H168 O Israel!” H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:14 - Dread H6343 came H7122 upon me, and trembling, H7461
And made [fn]all H7230 my bones H6106 shake. H6342

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 - These H2007 two H8147 things H8147 have befallen H7122 you;
Who H4310 will mourn H5110 for you?
The devastation H7701 and destruction, H7667 famine H7458 and sword; H2719
How H4310 shall I comfort H5162 you?

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‘Why H4069 have these H428 things H428 happened H7122 to me?’
Because of the magnitude H7230 of your iniquity H5771
Your skirts H7757 have been removed H1540
And your heels H6119 have [fn]been exposed. H2554

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:23 - ‘They came H935 in and took H3423 possession H3423 of it, but they did not obey H8085 Your voice H6963 or walk H1980 in Your law; H8451 they have done H6213 nothing H3808 of all H3605 that You commanded H6680 them to do; H6213 therefore You have made all H3605 this H2088 calamity H7451 come H7122 upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:23 - “Because H4480 H6440 you have burned H6999 [fn]sacrifices H6999 and have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 and not obeyed H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 or walked H1980 in His law, H8451 His statutes H2708 or His testimonies, H5715 therefore H5921 H3651 this H2088 calamity H7451 has befallen H7122 you, as it has this H2088 day.” H3117
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